Speak the headlines. New warnings about the impact of the second wave of the coronavirus with predictions of a rise in cases some scientists warn of the consequences of not bringing in tougher measures. Is quite plausible by the end of next month that could be 500 deaths a day. The whole of nottinghamshire will now enter tier 3 restrictions on friday instead of tomorrow affecting more thani Million People across the county. At one covid hotspot in Northern Ireland a fall in cases after restrictions were introduced but a warning. We are all in this together. If all of us are not in together, lives will be lost. I can see as soon as the lockdown happened, the hospital admissions did come down. France and germany are expected
to announce new measures as cases continue to rise in europe. Charities say the death of two adults and two children in the English Channel should be a wake up call. And with just six days to go in the us election donald trump and joe biden make their very different pitches as they try to win over the narrowing amount of americans who havent already voted. As the number of covid infections rises there are new warnings from scientists that more needs to be done to protect people and to prevent a much worse second wave with one scientist warning of at least 500 deaths a day by the end of next month. Its already happening in europe. France and germany are expected to announce tougher measures later today. With christmas, and other festivals, not far off
there are calls for a united approach from all four nations of the uk. Keith doyle reports. It has been delayed 2a hours, but at a minute past midnight tomorrow night, nottingham will be the latest area to move into tier 3. Warrington will also be under tier 3 restrictions, joining manchester, where they came in last week, and liverpool, which has been under tier 3 for a fortnight. Imposing restrictions locally is designed to keep the economy open as much as possible. But with figures rising across the uk and europe, scientists are indicating that all of england could be under tier 3 by christmas as the number of infections arise. With our current measures, which are, you know, similar but with variations in different parts of europe, there is still evidence that there is not as much social distancing as there was when we clamped down in the first wave. And so we know that the risk is significant that cases will continue to grow. So it is not unrealistic to think of 25,000 people being in hospital by the end of next month . It is certainly not unrealistic
to think about that. The most recent figures show 367 people died in the latest 24 hour period. With over 22,000 confirmed cases. That means on average in the past week 200 deaths were announced every day. The concern is the number of deaths may not peak as high as march, but will remain constant for a longer period. Things do look very serious indeed. I mean, i have been looking at the deaths. We had a very large number reported yesterday, but they are going at about over 150 a day and doubling every two or three weeks. And that means it is quite plausible that by the end of next month there would be 500 deaths per day. In nottingham, where they are preparing for tighter restrictions, not everyone is convinced they will work. My sister is in manchester where they are already in tier 3, and she said it is the same. They still serve food, but then give you as many drinks as you like. I dont know, i dont think it is really going to make a difference. Tojust keep shutting down, i mean,
this city will go bust. There will be nothing left of it. You know, clothes shops, there willjust be nothing left of it, that is the problem. I think they said 28 days for us to be in tier 3. I think we will be in it a lot longer. The government believes the evidence still backs local restrictions, when questioned about a National England wide fire break. No, i dont think that is right. I do not think that is consistent with the epidemiological picture we are seeing, or indeed consistent with the pressures that are being seen in different parts of the Health Service across the country. Hospitals are feeling the pressure, particularly in the north of england. But admissions are still far below what was experienced in the spring. And there has been a substantial improvement in survival amongst people admitted with coronavirus disease. As treatments have improved, and far more is now known about the virus. Keith doyle, bbc news. The government says its too early to say what covid rules will be in place by christmas as it comes under mounting pressure for more clarity in the run up to the festive period. Ministers in england have suggested larger Group Celebrations may not be allowed. There are also calls for the four nations to agree on uniform guidance as our Political Correspondent jess parker reports. Downing street last december. The day after the general election. Before covid caused a dramatic change in the way we live our lives. What will happen this christmas . Ministers warn it is too early to say. There will be undoubtedly frustrations about the restrictions that people are having to abide by, but i think people also understand that we have to control the spread of this virus, we all have a role to play in doing that. I am sure we will be able to a good christmas and families will be able to meet. But they may not be able to get together in the large groups that they normally would. So as winter approaches, a suggestion for england that there will be no big
gatherings this christmas. But with varying rules across the uk, today calls for consistency. The problem i see at the moment is different rules in different parts of the United Kingdom. And while i strongly believe in devolution, i think parts of the Pandemic Response has seen that work well, i think for christmas, there has to be a coordinated plan. So questions about safe travel across the uk, students returning home from university, how many people will be able to gather together. In normal times, it might seem like christmas is just around the corner, only a couple of months away. But in the age of covid, change can come fast and the truth is, a lot could happen between now and december. Halloween has not even happened yet, but christmas, for many people, matters much more. It is a case of, do you really want to put the grandparents at risk . By having them around. Most likely, immediate family and keep it small. But you never know what rules are going to change. We are going to try and be as safe as possible, but ideally, we want to meet because life is so short anyway. In the summer, ministers faced criticism after sudden rule changes curbed eid in parts of england. Many will be desperate to see their families this christmas and ministers will want to avoid setting rules that stretch the limits of public compliance. As we understand, nottinghamshires move into tier three has been delayed until friday but is now set to include the entire county. Sian lloyd is in nottingham. Marker there is a great deal of confusion. In Nottingham City Centre, three boroughs, if i turn the clock back on monday night, they we re the clock back on monday night, they were told they were going to be moving into tier 3. The very high risk group, at one minute past
midnight tonight. They were told the next day, yesterday, they were going to get details of the exact financial package and how they could prepare for these changes. Those didnt come. We understand it is because there were a lot of meetings taking place behind closed doors, because of the rise in cases, further across the county. And that they would need to be brought into tier 3. That is what our understanding is going to happen. It looks like there is a delay for the three boroughs in the city centre to move into tier 3. It will be one minute past midnight on friday, we think. But also, the whole of nottinghamshire will now come under these more stringent restrictions. So, people being told something com pletely so, people being told something completely different within 48 hours from what they were being told on monday. A lot of answers wanted here in nottingham by people, i have spoken to some people out and about today. They are quite across an angry, they certainly confused. 0ur Health Correspondent nick triggle is here. Talk to us about these warnings, they are based on the modelling . Yes, they are. There is a lot of modelling going on behind the scenes to try to inform the government in their decision making. We have seen model suggesting there could be just over 20,000 covid deaths this winter, and some going up over 200,000 deaths. Much depends on by how much and for how long cases keep rising. I think it is useful, when we think about what might happen, to look at the trajectory back in the spring. There, we saw cases, hospital admissions and deaths rising rapidly. They were doubling every four or five days. But lockdown brought that down fairly rapidly. What is happening in this second wave is a gradual and sustained rise. The measures that we
are taking, the social distancing, to face coverings, all of the covid secure environments mean we are slowing the spread, but we are not stopping it. So, with cases rising at the moment, we are seeing just over 20,000 cases a day on average, if that trajectory continues and the deaths keep rising, we will get to, within a few weeks, the 500 deaths people have been talking about today. None of this is a given. Because cases could start levelling off of that would have an impact. We have been reporting from one part of Northern Ireland where cases have been coming down since restrictions we re been coming down since restrictions were introduced there. A warning that if things go back to normal that if things go back to normal that these figures will go back up again. It can be dealt with in a way that keeps it under control . We know that keeps it under control . We know that restrictions, Northern Ireland and wales, they have effectively had many lockdowns. We know stringent lockdowns do have an impact. The government in england is insistent
that a regional approach, where you have extra restrictions in high infections is the way forward. We are beginning to see some signs of cases, at least, slowing. That would translate into hospital admissions coming down and deaths. As i say, its going to look like it is going to be difficult and a long winter. Thank you very much. France and germany are expected to announce restrictions later today. The country has been put on notice to expect something pretty drastic this evening when president macron addresses the country. They believe the situation is out of control, and numbers are exploding everywhere. The second wave appears to be far more virulent than anybody
expected, and therefore some kind of shock measure is in order. More than 500 dead yesterday in france, nearly 3000 people in critical beds. That is more than 50 of the critical beds that are available. What eve ryo ne beds that are available. What everyone is expecting tonight is some new form of national lockdown. The last few months, we have had regional solution is applied, clear views in paris and other cities, for example, a clear view two thirds of the population. Even that has not been enough. Tonight, we are expecting to see there will be another national lockdown, but with another national lockdown, but with a difference, in that they will be exemptions for schools. Schools will remain open and that will be a looser system for workers, so not eve ryo ne looser system for workers, so not everyone will be required to work from home. Angela merkel in germany has made no secret of the factory is increasingly concerned. Case numbers in germany are much lower than those of france or britain. But they are
rising extremely fast. Angela merkel has a plan. It is not quite a lockdown, but she would like to shut down bars, restaurants, museums, theatres, Fitness Centres, crucially, not schools and probably not most shops. Angela merkels problem is that she doesnt have the power to implement measures like that, it lies in the hands of the leaders of germanys 16 states. She is holding emergency talks with those original prime ministers as we speak. It is likely to be stormy, because they dont agree with each other, somewhat like measure is way beyond what Angela Merkel suggests, others are against the idea of any kind of shut down. This was the country that initially handled it well, and other countries looked on with some envy. We are now seeing debate similar to those in the uk. Should there be a Circuit Breaker, should longer term restrictions only apply to the vulnerable . We will have to wait and see what Angela Merkel thrashes out with a regional prime ministers. Uppermost in their minds is the time of year. If, the
thinking goes, they can get a situation back of the control, then maybe, just maybe, that traditional german christmas can go ahead as planned. That was jenny hill, before that was hugh schofield. A long awaited report by the nhs in scotla nd long awaited report by the nhs in scotland has revealed that 78 people moved from hospitals to care homes in the first few months of the pandemic, in spite of testing positive. Lorna gordon told us about the 3500 people discharged from hospitals into scottish care homes between the start of march on the zist between the start of march on the 21st of april. Some of those people tested positive, many of them were not tested at all. The report by Public Health scotland says that the clinical advice at the start of the pandemic was that people who did not have symptoms should not be tested. It also states there were valid reasons for not testing, such as a patients with end of life situations. 78 were discharged into ca re situations. 78 were discharged into
care homes with coronavirus. It has to be in the context that the virus had a devastating impact on care homes. More than 2000 residents of ca re homes. More than 2000 residents of care homes in scotland have died with coronavirus. The report states that, taken on zone, there might be a link between patients with a virus being transferred to care homes and subsequent outbreaks, but when other factors a re subsequent outbreaks, but when other factors are taken into account, it is, they say, not statistically significant. It also states that ca re significant. It also states that care home size had the strongest association with outbreaks of covid 19, while the Scottish First minister Nicola Sturgeon has said the report is likely to offer little comfort to the families of those who have died in care homes. She has pointed out that there is now routine weekly testing of care home staff, that is being extended to designated visitors. She insists the Government Back i was working to continue to improve safety. The government is continuing. New warnings about the impact of the second wave of the coronavirus
with predictions of a rise in cases some scientists warn of the consequences of not bringing in tougher measures. The bbc understands the whole of nottinghamshire will now enter tier 3 restrictions on friday instead of tomorrow, affecting more than 1 Million People across the county. France and germany are expected to announce new measures as cases continue to rise in europe. With less than a week to the us president ial election, the democratic Candidatejoe Biden has taken his campaign to the state of georgia normally a republican stronghold. President trump has been holding rallies in michigan, wisconsin and nebraska promising a giant red wave. 0ur north america correspondent david willis reports. In the georgian hot springs town where Franklin Roosevelt once sought treatment for polio, another democrat, joe biden, pledged to heal the countrys wounds. Anger and suspicion are growing. And our wounds are getting deeper. And many wonder, has it gone too far . Have we passed the point of no return . Has the heart of this nation turned to stone . I dont think so. Two socially distanced rallies here are being seen as a sign of confidence on the part of the biden team. Not since bill clinton back in 1992 has georgia supported a democrat in a president ial election. But polls put the two candidates neck and neck. Little social distancing in evidence here by comparison. And many at this trump rally were also maskless. Donald trump is seeking to defend the midwestern states of michigan and wisconsin, states he narrowly won four years ago. And despite trailing in the polls, he clearly believes history will repeat itself. Youre going to see a giant
red wave on tuesday. Cheering. Youre going to see a red wave like theyve never seen before, and they saw a very big one, ill tell you what, they got a glimpse on four years ago, because that was. And remember they said, where did these people come from . Where did they come from . A little while later, the Trump Campaign was dealt a setback when its website was taken over by hackers who claimed to have information that discredited the president. The donaldj trump website was offline completely for about 30 minutes, and the campaign subsequently released a statement saying it had been defaced and that they were working with Law Enforcement to investigate the source of the attack. No Sensitive Data had been compromised, the statement said. Meanwhile, americans are already voting in record numbers. Nearly 70 Million People have already cast their ballot. Thats nearly half the total number that voted in the president ial election four years ago. Counting might take days or even weeks, to the consternation of donald trump, who repeated his opposition to delaying the outcome in order to count millions of postal votes. He wants a result on election night, setting the stage for a battle that could end up in the courts. David willis, bbc news, los angeles. Now on the news channel well take a look at what youve been asking about vaccinations and anitbodies, its bbc your questions answered. Many of you have been asking questions about the covid 19 trial and delivering a vaccine. So to answer your questions i am joined now by professor beate kampmann, director of the Vaccine Centre at the London School of hygiene and tropical medicine and by professorjonathan ball, professor of molecular virology at the university of nottingham
thank you forjoining me. We have a lot of questions. This first is from christian powys, who says what is the status of oxford and other vaccine phase three trials . Beate . Thanks for the question, as you probably know, there are ten candidates in what is called phase three trials, the main trials to establish if vaccines are safe and effective . The oxford vaccine, run by astrazeneca, is one of them and there are a number of others. We will probably be expecting to see some results from these trials before christmas. That doesnt mean the vaccine will be in a pharmacy next to you, but it will be interesting to see how they fare. With making the point that we will probably need more than one vaccine . I would have certainly thought so. It isa i would have certainly thought so. It is a pandemic, which means there needs to be vaccines for the globe. It is good not to have invested in
one particular candidate, or vaccine platform. But to have a portfolio. At this point, we dont know which one will come off, and it is better to have several candidates which will come through to satisfy the global demand. This one is from tony ferret, who says, lets assume that it gives covid immunity, does this mean that a vaccinated person cannot pass the virus on to others . Its a great question. What we know from other vaccines, very often, a vaccine will protect from disease, but it doesnt necessarily protect you from infection. If you are infected and actively replicating the virus, there is a chance you can pass on that virus to others. At the moment, we dont really have a good enough understanding of the sorts of immunity that the vaccines underdevelopment are going to give. We have a glimpse, potentially from some Animal Studies that are going to be carried out with various vaccines. What we have seen with those Animal Studies is that monkeys
that receive the vaccine, if you then challenge them with real, live virus a few weeks later, very often they dont suffer serious disease, particularly pneumonia. But you can detect large levels of virus replicating in the nose and throat, and therefore, there is the potential, if the same thing happened in humans, for that virus to transmit. But we have to wait and see. Thank you for that. This is a question that came to me yesterday when we were doing this story, joe wilson from birmingham says if antibodies are diminishing and people who have had covid, how will a vaccine be any better . Professor kampmann . Yes, crucial question, totally logical. We note that the main protection, we believe, is likely to come from antibodies. We also need to consider t cells, because that immunity will be really crucial. Its quite normal after both infection and vaccination that antibodies go down, but that does not mean that there is not memory in
the bank, so to say. So when you then meet the real pathogen, in this case the covid virus, those memory cells can quickly produce an antibody that can be neutralising. The fact that it is going down, does not mean that the vaccine is going to offer protection, and it also means that at the moment we dont have good evidence that people are frequently getting reinfected with covid. We do see subsequent interactions with other coronavirus. We dont know how long protection will last. We dont know what level of antibody the vaccine needs to achieve to afford is protection. But there are other elements of the immune system that are very likely to play a role. You probably a nswered to play a role. You probably answered the next question, do you think the vaccine for covid will end the pandemic . Do you want me to talk to that as well . So, that is a bit
of Wishful Thinking at this point, because the vaccine will not be available to everybody, everywhere. We dont know how effective it is going to be in the longer term. We might need booster vaccines. I think, for now, the first generation of vaccines might only have a effective amount of 50 . We have to think of vaccines is one of the tools in the box, but it doesnt have to be the only tool in the box. I dont think distancing and we have a distance and can be abolished immediately. Health care workers will be prioritised for the vaccine, will be prioritised for the vaccine, will spouses giving full time care be recognised as care workers . You might not know the answer to that one, but what do you think . certainly wouldnt know the answer, thatis certainly wouldnt know the answer, that is very much around health policy. But what will happen is that there will be some prioritisation,
because as beate pointed out at the start, theres only so much a vaccine to go around initially. It isa vaccine to go around initially. It is a global pandemic, and therefore there are lots of people in need. Therefore, it makes sense. We see it with influenza, we see that people are prioritised, that includes Health Care Workers. But, of course, importantly for covid 19, because it isa importantly for covid 19, because it is a virus that causes significant problems to the elderly and people with other diseases, such as diabetes or chronic lung disease, we would also expect those people to be prioritised as well, if a vaccine does protect them from disease. Again, that is another important question, we need to find out when we get data from the phase three trials. Thank for answering that. Professor kampmann, can i put this to you . Will any vaccine only cover one particular strain or mutation, like the flu vaccine does . That is an interesting one. So, that is a
question that jonathan is an interesting one. So, that is a question thatjonathan is much Better Qualified than me on. question thatjonathan is much Better Qualified than me on. I will put it to him in a moment. As far as i know, we dont have evidence there as quick mutation of the covid virus at this stage. The vaccines are fairly specific. I dont think we are looking at drift of the pathogen at this point. Maybe you want to chip in . I think that is misplaced modesty from beate this does not mutate as much as things like influe nza, mutate as much as things like influenza, and therefore i do not think this kind of evolution is going to be a significant in terms ofa going to be a significant in terms of a problem for vaccination. Particularly because you do generate lots of different antibodies, lots of different cells that fight the virus, and therefore the virus has to escape this Great Multitude of weapons. Therefore, it may well find it more difficult. Beate, you are nodding your head, i will move on. Again, this is one you cant answer, tracy says are there plans to make the vaccine mandatory . The question to you would probably be, do you think it should be . I am not a fan of mandatory vaccination. Public health englands programme that has run vaccination successfully in this country is not a fan of it. The people that will field the most threatened by severe covid disease will be the ones that step up and wa nt to will be the ones that step up and want to have a vaccine that is found to be safe and effective. To be honest, we need to increase confidence in the products that are coming through, the processes. I dont think we are in a position where we need to make it mandatory. And if it doesnt actually cut through transmission, then i cant see any reason why it should be mandatory. What about you, jonathan . No, i mandatory. What about you, jonathan . No, lam mandatory. What about you, jonathan . No, i am not one for mandatory vaccinations. I think if you cant persuade the population through the
evidence, through the data that you have, then, you know, it is a bad indictment on the scientists, really. We have to show the world, the country, that this is a vaccine that works, that it protects people from covid disease, particularly Vulnerable People. 0r from covid disease, particularly Vulnerable People. Or if it doesnt do that, that it does stop transmission in large proportions of people. Because, you know, there are two ways we can think about the vaccine working. 0ne two ways we can think about the vaccine working. One is that it limits the amount of transmission, and therefore these outbreaks can never really gather pace, the other, a much preferred option, that it is preventing disease, particularly in the vulnerable populations. preventing disease, particularly in the vulnerable populations. Ifi can stay with you, what happens if we dont get a vaccine for covid 19 . Will the country keep going in and out of lockdown . What if it becomes endemic . It is a great question, one thatis endemic . It is a great question, one that is causing great debate within
the community. It really harks back to the whole concept of whether or not we could ever reach a level of herd immunity, which would mean that you limit the number and frequency of outbreaks. Eventually, that is probably what would happen if you let the virus run its course. The problem is, it might take a very long time to get to that kind of equilibrium, where the virus circulates in much the same way as the other coronaviruses that infect humans circulate in winter. They cause cold like symptoms, but even with those viruses, some people do get very seriously ill, they end up in intensive care. And so, in the absence of a vaccine, im afraid thatis absence of a vaccine, im afraid that is the only other reality. Fingers crossed, we do get that much needed vaccine. Fingers crossed, we do get that muchneeded vaccine. Professor kampmann, this one is from allan taylor. If, when they develop the vaccine, will we share the vaccine with other countries in need that
dont have the same medical capability . We should stress it is not just the uk capability . We should stress it is notjust the uk trying to develop a vaccine . Professor kampmann . Im sorry, i seem to have lost connection. We will reestablish that. Perhaps jonathan, connection. We will reestablish that. Perhapsjonathan, iwill rebound that to you . Professor kampmann would have been better with that one, it is an area she is expert at. But we do know there is a global demand. We do know that various organisations, the alcan trust, the who, the united nations, they are working hard to make sure that vaccines are not just stockpiled by wealthy countries, that there is wider distribution. In essence , that there is wider distribution. In essence, if you think about that, it is beneficial even for those richer countries, to ensure that the amount of virus circulating in other parts of virus circulating in other parts of the world is limited. Professor kampmanni of the world is limited. Professor kampmann i think we have re established contact. You would agree that whatever country develops this, there will be huge pressure to get it out as quickly as possible . Thats right. Its important to consider what is called the covax initiative, a coalition for academic preparedness, which are set up a large fundraising platform to make sure that countries contribute to the vaccine supply globally. And the aim is to have 2 billion doses of vaccine available by the end of 2021, which are equally distributed through the world, to the most vulnerable populations. It is good to see that the uk has actually brought into that concept, as has the eu arent as had china. U nfortu nately not the eu arent as had china. Unfortunately not the us. Nevertheless, this is a really Important Initiative which will help us secure Important Initiative which will help us secure the global vaccine supply full 0ne one more question, is it likely the vaccine will be an annual inoculation when it comes . Difficult to predict, it would have to be
annual only if the immunity was short lived because we dont think that virus mutation is going to be a potential problem, and so what we do know is, especially vulnerable and elderly people, their immunity can diminish, as you age your immunity diminishes and therefore the durability and how long the immunity lasts also decreases as you age so it may well be necessary to have regular boosters. That chimes . I would agree. It is important we look at the vaccinations for children but also as a life course event and we all need to be prepared and the vaccine out there at the moment is the flu vaccine, and although we are waiting for the covid vaccine, go and get that one in the meantime. Im very grateful to both of you for joining us. Thanks forjoining us. Some breaking news. Regarding the migrant boat which sank off the coast of france. 0ur colleagues have established the names of the family who have died. Bbc persian have named the casualties. A 35 year old, another 35 year old, the children we re another 35 year old, the children were nine and six and 15 months old. Still a search going on off the coast. The dead are from the predominantly kurdish city which is near the iraqi border in western iran. French authorities believe that at least one more person could be lost at sea in the search is
still under way in the English Channel. The deaths should serve as what charities are calling a wake up call to those in power. You are watching bbc news. We can have a look at the weather now. Plenty of whether to talk about at the moment and today is a case of sunny spells and scattered showers and so far the best of the weather has been further east, shower is more widespread to the west and some of these have been heavy with hail and thunder. They will slowly start to fade as we close out the day, a brief lull before more wet weather arrives by the end of the night. Into Northern Ireland and western fringes. Clearer skies will allow the temperatures to fall into low single figures in the east. A dry and bright start here but it wont be long before cloud and rain moves steadily north and east. Weather warnings have been issued by the met 0ffice warnings have been issued by the met office and some areas could get as
much as 2 3 inches of rain and Gale Force Gusts of wind at times as well. Top temperatures peaking between 11 and 16. As we move out of thursday into friday, most of the rain we will ease away, and a trail of showers, slightly quieter. This is bbc news with me, simon mccoy. New warnings about the impact of the second wave of the coronavirus. With predictions of a rise in cases some scientists warn of the consequences of not bringing in tougher measures. It is quite plausible by the end of next month there could be 500 deaths a day. The whole of nottinghamshire will now enter tier 3 restrictions on friday instead of tomorrow affecting more than1 Million People across the county. At one covid hotspot in Northern Ireland a fall in cases after restrictions were introduced. We will bring you a special report from one hospital dealing with the virus. France and germany are expected to announce new measures as cases continue to rise in europe. Charities say the death of two adults and two children in the English Channel should be a wake up call. And with just six days to go in the us election, donald trump and joe biden make their very different pitches as they try to win over the narrowing amount of americans who havent already voted. Now we have the sport. Good afternoon. Another super league match has been postponed after a covid outbreak at one of the clubs. Castleford tigers say they have 12 positive cases and their match at huddersfield is off on friday. But leeds rhinos could be affected they played the tigers on monday night. The positive cases have come to light after a round of tests yesterday. Catalan dragons match against warrington had already been called off this week. Another game on friday is off. Salford have had to forfeit their match against warrington because they havent got enough fit players following a hectic run of matches, including the challenge cup final. Player welfare is a concern, but with covid postponements as well, can the Super League Season be finished . We knew it was going to be a hectic schedule when we agreed to it, we had to get so many live games on sky tv, as well. All clubs are having a good go at this, but when you see the players are suffering like they are at the moment, anyone who plays the game knows what it is like to get out of bed in the morning after a super league game, not be the most pleasant of experience, but by most pleasant of experience, but Rugby League Players are tough and im sure we can get it all going together, especially with the grand final coming. Couple of rugby union lines, england will be without their scrum half
willie heinz for theirfinal six nations match against italy in rome. He has a soft tissue leg injury. Alex mitchell has been called up as cover although ben youngs, the first choice number 9, is expected to win his 100th cap. Ireland will win the six nations title if they get a bonus point win against france. 0ne change to the side that beat italy last week, Centre Robbie Henshaw starts in place of the injured garry ringrose. Liverpool are running out of central defensive options after another injury. Fabinho limped off in the first half of their Champions League match at anfield. This slightly took the gloss off their 2 0 win against the danish champions fc midtjlland. It looked to be a hamstring problem. They are already without virgil van dijk, probably for the rest of the season, jurgen klopp says he might have to turn to very young and inexperienced alternatives its like a marriage, it is in good
u nless its like a marriage, it is in good unless less good times, you have to stick together, and it is a tricky one stick together, and it is a tricky one and less good times. The player after player says goodbye for a while but we still have to play the next game and in our case we have got to win it and we try with everything we have and im happy with that. Englands netballers have made a losing start to their three test series against new zealand in hamilton. It was the the roses first competitive match since march and they were well beaten 58 45. Theyve been through a lot to just make the series happen, having to quarantine for two weeks in new zealand and take five five covid 19 tests before being allowed to play. Their head coachjess thirlby never got that far, having to stay behind in the uk following a positive test. The second test is on friday. Saudi arabia is set to make its debut on the formula 1 calendar next year. A draft list given to f1 teams shows that the penultimate event of a 22 race
season will be injeddah on a street circuit. A purpose built track is also being built in qiddiyah in Saudia Arabia for 2023. There could be 23 races if brazil complete their new track in rio in time and i will be back in the next hour. Thanks forjoining us. New warnings from scientists that more needs to be done to prevent a much worse second wave in the uk. 0ne scientist warning of at least 500 deaths per day by at by the end of next month. 0ne 500 deaths per day by at by the end of next month. One area introduced restrictions in Northern Ireland and our correspondent has been given access to the local hospitals wards to see how people
have been dealing with the situation. Sandra kelly tested positive for covid 19 almost a fortnight ago. On day eight, her condition worsened and the 58 year old grandmother was admitted to Altnagelvin Hospital. Sandra is one of 20 seriously ill patients being treated on ward 21. This used to be where patients recovered after hip and knee operations, but the pressures of the pandemic mean it was scaled up into another covid unit just a few weeks ago and patients like sandra say they feel lucky to be here. I thought i was going to die. Thats how bad i was. The hospital, doctors and nurses, work round the clock to try and save you, and thats what they done with me. It was horrendous. For the staff, its relentless work, as one 12 hour shift rolls into the next. Most have families. Laura here has two young boys. Im exhausted here at the minute. I came on from half seven last night, just finishing. We came in to 15 patients at the start of the night. We had patients moved to another ward to try and accommodate room in here. Weve now 20 patients this morning. This is us full. What really stands out here is the tremendous sense of calm and dedication from every Single Member of staff. Of course, in every case, theyre helping people, helping patients, but particularly here in the intensive care unit, theyre trying to save lives. So, we had 68 patients this morning here positive on site and one patient in ed. The bbc was invited in to Altnagelvin Hospital to highlight the pressures on all aspects of care. At the morning management meeting, the scale of the challenges are laid bare. But theres no real signs that the pressures are going off. 0nly last week, the number of positive cases was so high, derry and strabane was considered
one of the uks hotspots. But as a result of the local restrictions imposed, the bbc can now reveal that the cases of covid 19 have dropped by almost a half. Id like to say thank you because we are all in this together. If all of us are not in together, there will be lives which will be lost. And you can see it that as soon as the lockdown happened, the hospital admissions did come down. That does not mean we are out of the woods. So, for now, those working the front line in altnagelvin can cope. The hope is that will continue in the weeks ahead. Marie Louise Connolly, bbc news. We can now speak to a professor of medicine at Imperial College london. Good afternoon. There does seem to bea good afternoon. There does seem to be a lot of negativity out there with all the headlines flying around today but as we heard there are reasons to think that there is light at the end of the tunnel. Yes, i think there is. But for me the light
lies really into lying as much as we can in terms of the second wave really delaying as much as we can. Making sure we have as few people infected as possible before we have effective vaccines and better way of treating this dreadful infection and we must not underestimate the severity of this infection, but only the disease it causes in the lungs and the more generalised effects, the clotting problems and so on, all of which are very complex to manage and will affect people for long periods in hospital. In an ideal world we would only be concerned with the health aspect are not the impact on the economy, and on that aspect alone you would want a total lockdown . And not the impact. Aspect alone you would want a total lockdown . And not the impact. Im afraid the sooner we get the second wave under control the more we are going to be able to reduce the
numbers but also we can get back to functioning as a society. Not going into lockdown hard enough at the beginning is only going to make it worse in terms of the ultimate Economic Impact but im very glad to not be dealing with these decisions. Absolutely, no one would want to make these decisions. But we did that in march, there was a lockdown, whether it was late or not, but in the long run here we are facing a second wave, so it may not be the answer . It was evident that the lockdown during the first wave brought a fairly rapid termination of that wave, a fairly sharp upswing, and a fairly sharp downswing, as well, which included the improvement in weather and also the improvement in weather and also the requests for people to lockdown, andi the requests for people to lockdown, and i think people, when they do
comply, they comply with some degree of force. It is so important that people understand that unless we do something pretty fast we are in for a very bad winter we are going to have a second wave which is even bigger than the first which may result in tens of thousands of deaths. I want to return to the light at the end of the tunnel because they are dire predictions around, but what about a vaccine . There are. How close is one . There are about 11 trials which are at fairly advanced stages and we are hoping to get some results from those trials this side of christmas, some of those trials, and it depends what the results look like. It could be they will show the vaccines are very effective, moderately effective, not effective at all, and until we see the results of those trials it is very hard to know what sort of like at the end of the tunnel it is going to be, a dazzling
light orjust a glimmer. If we get a glimmer of hope then we can start evaluating different vaccines which we have already stockpiled against one another and we can work outjust who should get the vaccines first and where the maximum effect is going to be, whether it is on people working in care homes or elderly people, but at the moment it is looking like a rather bad forecast which we made injuly, and we are looking to have a very bad winter at this rate. Someone has said on twitter in the last half an hour that the bbc is complicit in the hoax pandemic, and every suicide and death caused by lockdown is on you, they said, how would you respond to someone who says that . Im afraid, the people who are denied this pandemic actuallyjust the people who are denied this pandemic actually just dont the people who are denied this pandemic actuallyjust dont know how bad it is denying. All of my
collea g u es how bad it is denying. All of my colleagues and friends and family who are working on the front line in occupations have witnessed personally just how bad occupations have witnessed personallyjust how bad it is, and the constant problems with this particular virus. I dont think there is anyone who has been on the front line actually witnessing what is going on who would recognise any truth at all in the idea that this is some sort of hoax. Professor, thanks forjoining us. For more than woman from cheadle was finally discharged from hospital this week. His doctors and nurses formed a
guard of honour, and now back at home he is full of gratitude for those who cared for him. Thank you is not enough. They really saved my life, basically. It hasnt been an easy journey. He spent life, basically. It hasnt been an easyjourney. He spent four months in an induced coma and many months after that fighting to get fit enough to be discharged. after that fighting to get fit enough to be discharged. I never thought for a minute that i would catch it. He had no prior Health Conditions and feels strongly that people should stop underestimating the virus. Strongly that people should stop underestimating the virusm strongly that people should stop underestimating the virus. It is amazing how some people even now they think of it as the flu or
whatever. His brother has been supporting and praying for him throughout and he was not the only one excited about the big homecoming. Applause his neighbours lined the street to welcome him back. All the neighbours we re welcome him back. All the neighbours were out applauding him. Encouragement, showing them how much it means to everyone and he was touched, he was really emotional himself. It is a long road ahead for esse whose lungs have been damaged by the disease but finally being able to come home with his family around him is a major milestone. There is no place like home. Relieved. Julia phillips, bbc north west tonight. The now on bbc news. New warnings about the impact of the second wave of the coronavirus with predictions of a rise in cases some scientists warn of the consequences of not bringing in tougher measures. The whole of nottinghamshire
will now enter tier 3 restrictions on friday instead of tomorrow, affecting more than 1 Million People across the county. The family of migrants who died after their boat sank in the English Channel yesterday have been named. They came from a predominantly kurdish city in western iran. A 15 month baby is still missing. 15 month old baby. Today the Toy Retailers Association released its list of which toys will be the most sought after this week. The dream toys list is the most authoritative predictive list of which toys will fly off the shelves this christmas, and this is my favourite. The list is independent of toy manufacturers and makers. We can now go to our business presenter
who can give us more details. Who doesnt love a toy . I can see you are enjoying yourself and children have been spending a lot more time with toys in recent months because of obvious reasons, School Closures and social distancing rules which have meant they have not been able to go and see their friends, and retailers are hoping they might be able to make up some of that lost ground they have incurred in the last couple of months at christmas because there is a desire to buy presents for younger children. This list has been compiled to identify 12 toys that retailers and Industry Experts think will be very popular this christmas. They include classic brands, monopoly, lego, peppa pig, and barbie dolls which i loved as a child. Hold on. This is a monopoly
for sore losers, it is a different one it pays to lose. You move on properties and you can nick them from others, that doesnt sound very christmassy we need to hearfrom someone who knows what they are talking about monopoly is a name that we can still identify with and we still played in our house at christmas. Gary grant is the chairman of the dream toys select committee, the committee that put this list together and he is on the line. Can you let me know how you put the list together . We collect lists from the key retailers around the country in august and those lists are tabulated and a much tighter list comes together, taking into account the different votes and views of different retailers, and a Committee Sits and distills the list
into a top 72 and from that 72 we select the top 12, so these are very much predictions. In a few months time we can work out the toy of the year but we will be working that out with factual information of what actually did sell for christmas. was just about to say because sales will dictate what is popular and we dont have that information yet. No, and every year, as professionals we get two or three wrong in every 12 because in the end of the buying public will decide what is going to be the most successful toy and their children will undoubtedly be writing lists to father christmas and those lists to father christmas and those lists will also be going out to grandparents and uncles and aunts, and it will be a surprise. It was not until the wrapping comes off, that the children will know what they have been given for christmas. Baby yoda is here with me, and we also have peppa pig and there is something very traditional about this list. We think people have gone back to trusted brands, that is what we are seeing, although there are some new items. Baby yoda is from the licence of star wars and peppa pig for preschool children, those are extensions to a range which have been about for many years but still very popular. There is a brand new monopoly game, and that is a beacon for games and puzzles which have been outstanding during this year. That segment of the market has increased by 32 and that is with people finding family things to do together to occupy themselves during lockdown and we have also had educational toys which have stepped up educational toys which have stepped up as parents have become teachers and garden toys are still selling well where people have gardens and they want their children to get
exercise and they are not at school. Retailers are hoping that they will be able to make up for some lost ground, is there any evidence to suggest that sales will be higher than normal this year . Suggest that sales will be higher than normalthis year . The industry is trying slightly up year to date but the next two months are absolutely critical. We bought the list forward by two weeks because the retailers have concerns over the ability to process the number of customers and the amount of toys that sail in october, november and december, and october is behind us and it has been a strong month because we definitely think people have been buying early, november and december represent for 40 of the annual sales of toys so how can we process customer safely and keep our staff safely in stores . Some people will say we willjust buy off the
internet but we are already being told by our couriers that the people who do deliveries of the boxes that order, that capacity is already being reached, and we are concerned as to whether the careers have the capacity to deliver not only toys but all the other boxes people are hoping to buy on the internet this year so the mantra that retailers have been using, notjust the toy trade, stay safe, by early is aptly critical. Trade, stay safe, by early is aptly critical. And bite toys early is absolutely critical. Thanks for joining us. Simon, i will let you get on with playing with those toys. Thanks forjoining us. Thank you to the person who sent in a message on twitter to say that you look very similarto twitter to say that you look very similar to that toy plenty of whether to look forward to and at the moment it is sunny spells and scattered showers and showers more
widespread to the west and some of them heavy with hale on sunday they will slowly start to fade as we close out the day, a brief lull before more wet weather arrives by the end of the night. Into Northern Ireland and western fringes. Clearer skies will allow the temperatures to fall into low single figures in the east. A dry and bright start here but it wont be long before cloud and rain moves steadily north and east. Weather warnings have been issued by the met office and some areas could get as much as 2 3 inches of rain and Gale Force Gusts of wind at times, as well. Top temperatures peaking between 11 and 16c. As we move out of thursday into friday, most of the rain will ease away, a trail of showers, slightly quieter. This is bbc news. The headlines at 3pm. The family who died when a boat sank the news channel. Their 15 month old baby is still missing. New warnings about the impact about the second wave of the coronavirus with predictions of a rise in cases some scientists warn of the consequences of not bringing in tougher measures. It is quite plausible that by the end of next month, there would be 500 deaths a day. The whole of nottinghamshire we re day. The whole of nottinghamshire were now under tier 3 restrictions on friday instead of tomorrow affecting more than 1 on friday instead of tomorrow affecting more than1 billion people across the county. France and germany are expecting to announce tighter measures as cases there continue to rise. And with just six days to go in the United States election, donald trump and joe biden make their very different pitches is trying to win over the narrowing amount of americans have not voted. And coming up, after more than 200 daysin and coming up, after more than 200 days in hospital one patient is allowed return home after being treated for coronavirus. It has emerged that the four migrants who died yesterday after their boat sank in the channel were members of a kurdish iranian family. Their 15 month old boy remains missing. They have in mind as shaver and a party who are both 35. There are nine year old daughter and son who was six have also drowned. Their 15 month old baby, art and has not yet been found. 15 other migrants we re yet been found. 15 other migrants were taken to hospital and an
investigation into the thinking has been opened in dunkirk by the French Public prosecutor. We will speak now to bbc persian correspondent. He has been following the story. You have been following the story. You have been making to embers of the family. Yes, i managed to talk to a brother in western iran and i asked them exactly what they have heard. Last night they were informed by one of the. And other migrants who travel with them from iran all the way to italy and france. They informed them that they had been drowned but they havent seen the body. I also managed to talk to a migrant himself in dunkirk and he was with them until they went on the boat and sailed towards the uk. He said that they hadnt allowed him to get inside the hospital to identify the four bodies because he is not an immediate family member. He told me
that they had paid 8000 euros each. They went to turkey and from turkey referred to italy and then from france they were in france for a month and then last night, despite the bad weather, the family decided to go on the boat and sailed towards uk. Do we know if they had paid for life jackets . We dont know yet. I asked him and he said he was so afraid to go. He did not tell me, he said he didnt get involved and heath refused to go because he was afraid. We have not heard anything. Do we know why there were so desperate to reach the United Kingdom . I talk to the brother. That region is facing two issues, one is a70 region is facing two issues, one is a 70 minute military Security Forces and a very heavy presence there and theres a lot of political the iranian government deals with the opposition heavy handedly. But also
they are facing economic disaster. Do not forget that iran is under function and many of the sanctions are tripled in that area as it is very impoverished. Every year, thousands of families, thousands of iranian kurds leave the country country and put their lives in the hands of smugglers and go to europe and some of them take more risks in their journey. And some of them take more risks in theirjourney. That really is what im trying to get out. Given the weather conditions in the channel yesterday, it was inevitably a risk to get on board these boats stop why was that last bit worth paying that price . Obviously, ithink that is was that last bit worth paying that price . Obviously, i think that is a question that many people will ask. It isa question that many people will ask. It is a difficult one. Dont forget that many of these people they stay in france for months and sometimes they run out of money and they want to get across the channel as quickly
as they can. Just ten minutes ago one of them said that each person, when they get to when taking the from france to the uk they have to pay 200 million uranium money. I cant calculate that for you at the moment but that is a lot of money for a family of five to pay. Many people run out of resources and money and they want to leave as quick as possible and also the winter is coming and people are afraid of the call. Will they be put off by stories like this, horrendous stories like this . I would doubt. Dont forget this story is one of many dont forget this story is one of any dont forget this story is one of many many people have travelled between turkey and greece and near the coast of italy. We have seen a flock of refugees and migrants around the world towards europe and i think the situation in those regions people are ready to risk their lives simply to find a safe
place for theirfamily their lives simply to find a safe place for their family in somewhere like the uk. Thank you so much for joining us. Thank you for that detail. As the number of covid infections rises there are new warnings from scientists that more needs to be done to protect people and to prevent a much worse second wave with one scientist warning of at least 500 deaths a day by the end of next month. Its already happening in europe. France and germany are expected to announce tougher measures later today. With christmas, and other festivals, not far off there are calls for a united approach from all four nations of the uk. Keith doyle reports. It has been delayed 24 hours, but at a minute past midnight tomorrow night, nottingham will be the latest area to move into tier 3. Warrington will also be under tier 3 restrictions, joining manchester, where they came in last week, and liverpool, which has been under tier 3 for a fortnight. Imposing restrictions locally is designed to keep the economy open as much as possible. But with figures rising
across the uk and europe, scientists are indicating that all of england could be under tier 3 by christmas as the number of infections rise. With our current measures, which are, you know, similar but with variations in different parts of europe, there is still evidence that there is not as much social distancing as there was when we clamped down in the first wave. And so we know that the risk is significant that cases will continue to grow. So it is not unrealistic to think of 25,000 people being in hospital by the end of next month . It is certainly not unrealistic to think about that. The most recent figures show 367 people died in the latest 24 hour period, with over 22,000 confirmed cases. That means on average in the past week 200 deaths were announced every day. The concern is the number of deaths may not peak as high as march, but will remain constant for a longer period. Things do look very serious indeed. I mean, i have been looking at the deaths. We had a very large number reported yesterday,
but they are going at about over 150 a day and doubling every two or three weeks. And that means it is quite plausible that by the end of next month there would be 500 deaths per day. In nottingham, where they are preparing for tighter restrictions, not everyone is convinced they will work. My sister is in manchester where they are already in tier 3, and she said it is the same. They still serve food, but then give you as many drinks as you like. I dont know, i dont think it is really going to make a difference. Tojust keep shutting down, i mean, this city will go bust. There will be nothing left of it. You know, clothes shops, there willjust be nothing left of it, that is the problem. I think they said 28 days for us to be in tier 3. I think we will be in it a lot longer. The government believes the evidence still backs local restrictions, when questioned about a National England wide fire break. No, i dont think that is right. I do not think that is consistent with the epidemiological picture we are seeing,
or indeed consistent with the pressures that are being seen in different parts of the Health Service across the country. Hospitals are feeling the pressure, particularly in the north of england. But admissions are still far below what was experienced in the spring. And there has been a substantial improvement in survival amongst people admitted with coronavirus disease as treatments have improved, and far more is now known about the virus. Keith doyle, bbc news. The government says its too early to say what covid rules will be in place by christmas as it comes under mounting pressure for more clarity in the run up to the festive period. Ministers in england have suggested larger Group Celebrations may not be allowed. There are also calls for the four nations to agree on uniform guidance as our Political Correspondent jess parker reports. Downing street last december. The day after the general election. Before covid caused a dramatic change in the way we live our lives. What will happen this christmas . Ministers warn it is too early to say. There will be undoubtedly frustrations about the restrictions that people are having to abide by, but i think people also understand that we have to control the spread of this virus, we all have a role to play in doing that. I am sure we will be able to a good christmas and families will be able to meet. But they may not be able to get together in the large groups that they normally would. So as winter approaches, a suggestion for england that there will be no big gatherings this christmas. But with varying rules across the uk, today calls for consistency. The problem i see at the moment is different rules in different parts of the United Kingdom. And while i strongly believe in devolution, i think parts of the Pandemic Response has seen that work well. I think for christmas, there has to be a coordinated plan. So questions about safe travel across the uk, students returning home from university, how
many people will be able to gather together . In normal times, it might seem like christmas is just around the corner, only a couple of months away. But in the age of covid, change can come at you fast and the truth is, a lot could happen between now and december. Halloween has not even happened yet, but christmas, for many people, matters much more. It is a case of, do you really want to put the grandparents at risk by having them round . Most likely, immediate family and keep it small. But you never know what rules are going to change. We are going to try and be as safe as possible, but ideally, we want to meet because life is so short anyway. In the summer, ministers faced criticism after sudden rule changes curbed eid celebrations in parts of england. Leaders know many will be desperate to see their families this christmas and will want to avoid setting rules that stretch the limits of public compliance. Nottinghamshires moving to tier 3 has been delayed until friday but now will include the full county. There is still a great deal of confusion. For people here in Nottingham City Centre and also the three boroughs because if i turn the clock back, and monday night they we re clock back, and monday night they were told that they were going to be moving into tier 3, the high risk group, at one minute past midnight tonight. They were told of the next day, yesterday, they were going to get details of the financial package and how they could prepare for these changes. These do not come. We understand it was because there was a lot of meetings taking place behind closed doors because of the rise in cases further wide across the county that they would need to be brought into this tier 3 and that is what we now in our understanding, is what we now in our understanding,
is going to happen. It looks like there is a delay for those three boroughs in the city centre here to move into tier 3, it would be one minute past midnight now and friday, we think, also the whole of nottinghamshire will now come under these more stringent restrictions stop people being told something com pletely stop people being told something completely different within 48 hour and from what they were being told on monday stop a lot of answers wa nted on monday stop a lot of answers wanted here in nottingham by people i have spoken to. They are quite cross, they are angry and they are certainly confused. The number of people in hospital with covid 19 could double within weeks. The scientific adviser to the government has been saying. They say it is not unrealistic to think that they could be 25,000 people in hospitals by the end of november. Earlier i spoke to our Health Correspondent who said these are based on scientific modelling. There is a lot of modelling. There is a lot of modelling going on behind the scenes try and inform the government in
their decision making. We have seen models suggesting there could be 20,000 deaths this winter and some going up over 200,000. Much depends on by how much and for how long cases keep rising. It is useful when we are thinking about what might happen is to look at the trajectory backin happen is to look at the trajectory back in spring. There we saw cases and hospital admissions and deaths rising rapidly. They were doubling every four or five days. But lockdown brought that down fairly rapidly. What is happening in the second wave is a gradual and sustained rise and the measures that we re sustained rise and the measures that were taking, the social distancing, face coverings, all the covetous dry virus secure but not stopping it. With a cases rising at the moment, we are adjusting over 20,000 cases a day on average, if that trajectory
keeps can going in the death keep rising, we will get to within a few weeks to 500 deaths that people have been talking about today. But none of this is a given because cases could start levelling off and i would have an impact. We heard from one part of Northern Ireland were cases have been coming down since restrictions were introduced there. A warning obviously that if things go back to normal that these figures will go back up again. But it can be dealt with in a way that keeps this under control. Yes, we know restrictions, we know in Northern Ireland and wales they have effectively had lockdown is we know the stringent lockdown is to have an impact. The government in england is insisting on the regional approach where you have extra restrictions in areas with high infections is the right way forward would very much forward we are speaking see some cases slowing but that will take slow or time to translate into hospital admissions coming down and also deaths stop as i say, it is
going to look like it is going to be a difficult and long winter. Youre watching bbc news. Your your headlines this afternoon. For migrants who died after the boats sank were members of the same kurdish ringing family. New warnings about the impact of the second wave of the coronavirus with predictions of rising cases stop some scientists are one of the consequence of not bringing in tougher measures. The whole of nottinghamshire will now enter tier 3 restrictions on friday instead of tomorrow. This will affect more than 1 Million People across the county. With less than a week to the us president ial election, the democratic candidate joe biden president ial election, the democratic Candidatejoe Biden has taken his campaign to georgia, normally a republican stronghold. President trump has been holding rallies in michigan, wisconsin and nebraska promising a giant red wave. 0ur north american correspondent
reports. In the georgian hot springs town were Franklin Roosevelt once sought treatment for polio and other Democraticjoe Biden pledged to heal the countries wounds. Anger and suspicion are growing. And our wounds are getting deeper. And many wonder, has it gone too far . Have we passed the point of no return . Has the heart of this nation turned to stone . I dont think so. Two socially distanced rallies here are being seen as a sign of confidence on the part of the biden team. Not since bill clinton back in 1992 has georgia supported a democrat in a president ial election. But polls put the two candidates neck and neck. Little social distancing in evidence here by comparison. And many at this trump rally were also maskless. Donald trump is seeking to defend the midwestern states of michigan and wisconsin, states he narrowly won four years ago. And despite trailing in the polls, he clearly believes history will repeat itself. Youre going to see a giant red wave on tuesday. Cheering. Youre going to see a red wave like theyve never seen before, and they saw a very big one, ill tell you what, they got a glimpse on four years ago, because that was. And remember they said, where did these people come from . Where did they come from . A little while later, the Trump Campaign was dealt a setback when its website was taken over by hackers who claimed to have information that discredited the president. The donaldj trump website was offline completely for about 30 minutes, and the campaign subsequently released a statement saying it had been defaced and that they were working with Law Enforcement to investigate the source of the attack. No Sensitive Data had been
compromised, the statement said. Meanwhile, americans are already voting in record numbers. Nearly 70 Million People have already cast their ballot. Thats nearly half the total number that voted in the president ial election four years ago. Counting might take days or even weeks, to the consternation of donald trump, who repeated his opposition to delaying the outcome in order to count millions of postal votes. He wants a result on election night, setting the stage for a battle that could end up in the courts. David willis, bbc news, los angeles. Gun control is a major issue in the campaign. Joe biden was a tyrant. The Mass Shootings of 17 students in florida two years ago sparked a generation that have not been heard before. 0ur reporter now says that getting their message across in a selection theyre using sharp
tactics with a voice from the recent past. Yo. Its me. Its guac. A voice from beyond the grave. Ive been gone for two years and nothings changed, bro. Joaquin 0liver was murdered at his school in parkland. Hes been brought to life by virtual reality. Vote for people, not getting shot, bro i mean, vote for me, because i cant. This is our son. This is his activism. This is his fight. His parents are committed to a Lifelong Campaign a voice on behalf of their murdered son. We talked about the Vegas Shooting after it happened and then we talked about the pulse nightclub in orlando shooting, and he was very disappointed about a system that was not able to fix that. And then, a few months later, it happened to him. 17 people died that day, in one of the most devastating
School Shootings in america. But in this election season, if you travel across states like florida and beyond, you find passion about guns and the right to own one still run high. Americans own most of the worlds civilian weapons. The right to keep and bear arms is protected by the constitution in the Second Amendment. Its a higher capacity shot gun. And guns are big business. With covid coming about, we had a very, very significant increase of sales. Then we had the civil unrest, so that increased sales. Now we have an election, which kind of keeps the fire burning. They enjoy lots of habits, like golf and tennis. We spend a lot of money on toys that we play with. We dont necessarily mean any harm. And like the rest of america, President Trump and joe biden couldnt be further apart when it comes to gun control. Donald trump saysjoe biden will take away peoples Second Amendment rights. Joe biden says he wont,
but wants more gun control. What happened here in parkland mobilised a generation in a way that hadnt been seen before. This wasnt the first mass shooting, it wasnt the first school shooting, but it took students here all the way to washington. 20 year old ryan deitsch survived the parkland shooting. Were done hiding . And organised a huge protest with other students, calling for tighter gun regulations. As far as the eye could see, just a horde of people. It was a tremendous and amazing experience. Two years on, theres been little change. This is going to take a long, long time. I dont even expect it to come, regardless of who wins this presidency. It is not something to be expected, it is something to be fought for. It is something to be lobbied for, it is something to be protested for. And its a fight that we are willing to have, because its a fight worth winning. In this deeply divided nation, the issue of gun rights defines which side youre on and,
in such a polarising election, its unlikely any politician will be able to bridge that divide. Nomia iqbal, bbc news, florida. People in france and germany are raising or bracing themselves for new curbs as europe struggles to control cases. Infections are almost as high as in the first wave although testing is more extensive. I work correspondent in berlin and are corresponding in paris. The country have been put on notice to expect something drastic when present micron address of the country again. The word from the early say is that scientific opinion believes that the situation is out of control, the numbers are exploding certainly the second wave will be far more virulent than anyone in the elysee expected in some kind of shock measure is in order stop more than 500 died
yesterday in france, nearly 3000 people in critical beds, that is more than 50 of the critical beds are available. And what everybody is expecting tonight is some new form of national lockdown. The last few months we have had a regional solution is being applied, curfews here in paris and other cities and across two thirds of the population. That has been enough. Now, we are expecting for them to say that there will be another national lockdown, but with a difference in the last one that there will be exemptions for schools, schools will remain open probably and that will be a looser system for workers sudden not everybody will be required to work from home. Angela merkel here in germany has made no secret that she is increasingly concerned. Case numbers in germany are much lower than say france or britain, but they are rising extremely fast. Mrs merkel has a plan, it is not quite
lockdown, but she would like to shut down bars, restaurants, museums, Fitness Centres and crucially not schools and probably not more shops. Her problem is that she doesnt have the power to implement measures like that. That lies in the hands of leader of germanys 16 states. She is holding talks with those regional prime ministers and it is likely to be stormy as they dont agree with one another. Some would like to go way beyond what she is suggesting and others balk at the idea of any kind of shutdown. This is a country which of course initially handled the outbreak relatively successfully, other countries looked on with some envy, but we are now seeing here debates are similar to those in the uk, should there be a Circuit Breaker cop . Should longer term restrictions apply only to the vulnerable . Term restrictions apply only to the vulnerable . We term restrictions apply only to the vulnerable . We will have to wait and see what mrs merkel thrashes out with those prime ministers but uppermost in their mind is the time of year. If the thinking goes that they can get the situation back under control, then maybe, just
maybe a traditional german christmas can go ahead as planned. Thank you very much. A language on a porch from the nhs in scotland is up people were moving care hop possible to ca re people were moving care hop possible to care homes despite having tested we we re to care homes despite having tested we were told with a free one half thousand people who are discharged from hospitals into scottish care homes tween the start of march and the 31st of april. Some of those people tested positive, some were not tested at all. Cal scotland said of the clinical advice at the start of the clinical advice at the start of the clinical advice at the start of the pandemic was a people who did not have symptoms should not be tested, it also states that there are valid reasons for not testing, should the patient or the to consent and end of life situation. Those who are tested, and end of life situation. Those who a re tested, 78 and end of life situation. Those who are tested, 78 were discharged into ca re are tested, 78 were discharged into care homes with coronavirus. It has to be taken is a context that the virus has had a devastating impact on care homes, more than 2000
residents of care homes in scotland have died with coronavirus. But the report states that taken on its own, mightappearto be report states that taken on its own, might appear to be a link between patients with the virus being transferred to care homes and subsequent outbreaks. But when other factors a re subsequent outbreaks. But when other factors are taken into account, it is they say, not statistically significant. It also states that ca re significant. It also states that care home size had a strong disassociation with colin 19. Nicola sturgeon has said that this report is likely to offer little comfort to the families of those who have died in care homes stop she has pointed out that there is now routine weekly testing of home staff and that has been expanded to designated visitors. She also insists that her government is working to continue to improve safety government is working to continue to im prove safety a nd government is working to continue to improve safety and care homes. Thank you lorna. Let us get a weather update. So far show is more widespread to the west and some of these heavy with whale pilots and thunder. They will start to fade as we close out the day. A brief lull before more wet weather arrives by the end of the night into Northern Ireland and western fringes as well. Clear skies to the east will allow these temperatures to fall into a low single figures. Here are dry and bright star, but will not be long before cloud and rain continues to move its way steadily north and east. Of weather warnings that have been issued by the met office in some areas could get as much as two to three inches of rain and a west facing coast. Gale force winds at times as well. Top temperatures peaking between 11 and 16 degrees. That is a 61 fahrenheit. As we move out of there into friday, most rain will ease away a trail of showers slightly harder. A this is bbc news with me, simon mccoy. The headlines the family who died when a boat carrying migrants sank in the English Channel have been named. Their 15 month old son is still missing. New warnings about the impact of the second wave of the coronavirus. With predictions of a rise in cases. Some scientists warn of the consequences of not bringing in tougher measures. It is quite plausible that by the end of next month there could be 500 deaths a day. The whole of nottinghamshire will now enter tier 3 restrictions on friday instead of tomorrow affecting more than1 Million People across the county. And with just six days to go in the us election, donald trump and joe biden make their very different pitches as they try to win over the narrowing amount of americans who havent already voted. Applause and coming up after more than 200 days in hospital the moment one patient is allowed to return home after being treated for coronavirus. Thank you is not enough. They really saved my life. Sport now and a full round up. Good afternoon. Another super league match has been postponed after a covid outbreak at one of the clubs. Castleford tigers say they have 12 positive cases and their match at huddersfield is off on friday. Four leeds rhinos players have been stood down from their next match after they played the tigers on monday night and were contacted by track and trace. Huddersfield will now face warrington. Thats after salford have had to forfeit their scheduled match against warrington on friday because they havent got enough fit players following a hectic run of matches, player welfare is a concern, and with covid postponements, as well, will the Super League Season finish on time . We knew it was going to be a hectic schedule when we agreed to it, we had to get so many live games on sky tv, as well. All clubs are having a good dig at this, but when you see the players are suffering like they are at the moment, anyone who plays the game knows what it is like to get out of bed in the morning after a super league game, not the most pleasant of experiences but Rugby League Players are tough and im sure we can get together, and work it out, especially with the grand final coming. Couple of rugby union lines, england will be without their scrum half willie heinz for theirfinal six nations match against italy in rome. He has a soft tissue leg injury. Alex mitchell has been called up as cover, although ben youngs, the first choice no 9, is expected to win his 100th cap. Ireland will win the six nations title if they get a bonus point win against france. 0ne change to the side that
beat italy last week. Centre Robbie Henshaw starts in place of the injured garry ringrose. Liverpool are running out of central defensive options after another injury. Fabinho limped off in the first half of their Champions League match at anfield. This took the gloss off their 2 0 win against the danish champions fc midtjlland. It looked to be a hamstring problem. They are already without virgil van dijk, probably for the rest of the season, and jurgen klopp says he might have to turn to very young and inexperienced alternatives. Its like in a marriage, its in good and less good times, you have to stick together. Its a tricky one. Player after player says goodbye for a while but we still have to play the next game and in our case we have got to win it and we try with everything we have. Im happy with that. Manchester united and chelsea both play this evening. United are home to leipzig, semi finallists last season. Chelsea, who drew last week in their first group match, are in russia facing fc krasnodar people will will consider this group and maybe consider that it will be a co mforta ble and maybe consider that it will be a comfortable game for us but we have got to have edge to make sure we get through it. Englands netballers have made a losing start to their three test series against new zealand in hamilton. It was the the roses first competitive match since march and they were well beaten 58 45. Theyve been through a lot to just make the series happen, having to quarantine for two weeks in new zealand and take five five covid 19 tests before being allowed to play. Their head coachjess thirlby never got that far, having to stay behind in the uk following a positive test. The second test is on friday. Saudi arabia is set to make its debut on the formula 1 calendar next year. A draft list given to f1 teams shows that the penultimate event of a 22 race season will be injeddah on a street circuit. A purpose built track is also being built in qiddiyah in Saudia Arabia for 2023. Thats all the sport for now. Ill have more for you in the next hour. Thanks forjoining us. Lets get more now on our top story the four migrants who died yesterday after their boat sank in the channel were members of a kurdish iranian family. Their 15 month old boy remains missing. Theyve been named as Rasoul Iran Nejad and shiva mohammad panahi, who were both 35. Nine year old anita and armin who was 6, also drowned. A 15 month old baby called artin has yet to be found. 15 other migrants were taken to hospital and an investigation into the sinking has been opened in dunkirk by the French Public prosecutor. Lets talk tojosie naughton,
whos founder and ceo whos founder and ceo of help refugees, an ngo that provides humanitarian aid to refugees around the world deep frustration that we are doing so many of these stories because frankly nothing seems to be changing. Yes, this is, there is no words when you hear those names and you see the pictures of this family and their children, there are families all across the country looking at their children, thinking this could have been them, had their hand of cards being different. We believe no one should lose life let alone a child trying to reach safety and what we need now is a clear rethink of uk migration policy that puts people above politics. Rethink of uk migration policy that puts people above politicsm rethink of uk migration policy that puts people above politics. It is a question of the responsibility because you could either tackle this at the start and say we want to make at the start and say we want to make a home for you so you dont want to
leave and take this perilous journey and there are parts of the journey where you could stop and say, we will look after you now, yet they seem to get themselves to a point where they get into a position where they lose their lives. Yes, i couldnt agree more, we have got to look at the different schemes for resettlement that the uk has put pause to, Family Reunion is coming to an end this year, the dubs amendment is now closed, and we can see the policies the government is putting into place is only forcing people to take more dangerous journey so we need to take a deeper look at all of these different schemes, ourforeign look at all of these different schemes, our Foreign Policy look at all of these different schemes, ourForeign Policy and migration policy, work out things that can protect human beings and not just boarders. That can protect human beings and notjust boarders. Some french authorities are suggesting that the problem when we are talking about the English Channel which can be horrific if people try to make that last pa rt horrific if people try to make that last part of the journey, if the
british had an Asylum Centre on the french side of the channel and dealt with matters there, is that something you would approve of . That is absolutely one option and there area is absolutely one option and there are a variety of Different Things which organisations are in talks with the government that would mean they would have access to different points at which people could claim asylu m points at which people could claim asylum and remember there are a huge number of these people who have a legal right to be in the uk but they have no way of accessing that and thatis have no way of accessing that and that is what needs to be addressed. The level of fear and the motivation for making a journey like this is something many people cannot get our heads around. No one undertakes the journey, no one puts their children ina journey, no one puts their children in a boat unless they feel they truly have no other option and that the water is safer than the land in which they are on, so i think we all need to try and put ourselves in these peoples shoes because we would do the same thing if we had
had the same circumstances in our lives. What do you say to people who look at this and say, why did they leave france . France is a safe country, why this desperate need to cross such a dangerous body of water and risk your life at the last part ofa and risk your life at the last part of a journey like this . The vast majority of people in france are claiming asylum there and there are also people who have claimed asylum but havent been given access to accommodation so they are forced to live in the camps in northern france. There are people who have a legal right to be in the uk and they have family ties here but they havent been given away to access that right. Having worked in northern france for the last five yea rs northern france for the last five years ive seen the levels of Police Brutality and the evictions that happen so it isnt necessarily a safe country. Good to talk to you, thanks forjoining us. Lets get more on our other main story now. There are new warnings from scientists that more needs to be done to prevent a much worse second wave of coronavirus in the uk. 0ne scientist warning of at least 500 deaths a day by the end of next month. One of the uks covid hotspots derry and strabane was one of the first to introduce local restrictions three weeks ago to try and stop the spread. The bbcs Northern IrelandHealth Correspondent marry Louise Connolly has been given exclusive access to Altnagelvin Hospitals covid and icu wards, hearing how people there have been dealing with the virus. Sandra kelly tested positive for covid 19 almost a fortnight ago. On day eight, her condition worsened, and the 58 year old grandmother was admitted to Altnagelvin Hospital. Sandra is one of 20 seriously ill patients being treated on ward 21. This used to be where patients recovered after hip and knee operations, but the pressures of the pandemic mean it was scaled up into another covid unit just a few weeks ago and patients like sandra say they feel lucky to be here. I thought i was going to die. Thats how bad i was. The hospital, doctors and nurses, work round the clock to try and save you, and thats what theyve done with me. It was horrendous. For the staff, its relentless work, as one 12 hour shift rolls into the next. Most have families. Laura here has two young boys. Im exhausted here at the minute. I came on from half seven last night, just finishing. We came in to 15 patients at the start of the night. We had patients moved to another ward to try and accommodate room in here. Weve now 20 patients this morning. This is us full. What really stands out here is the tremendous sense of calm and dedication from every Single Member of staff. Of course, in every case, theyre helping people, helping patients, but particularly here in the intensive care unit, theyre trying to save lives. So, we had 68 patients this morning
here positive on site and one patient in ed. The bbc was invited in to Altnagelvin Hospital to highlight the pressures on all aspects of care. At the morning management meeting, the scale of the challenges are laid bare. But theres no real signs that the pressures are going off. 0nly last week, the number of positive cases was so high, derry and strabane was considered one of the uks hotspots. But as a result of the local restrictions imposed, the bbc can now reveal that the cases of covid 19 have dropped by almost a half. Id like to say thank you because we are all in this together. If all of us are not in together, there will be lives which will be lost. And you can see it that as soon as the lockdown happened, the hospital admissions did come down. That does not mean we are out of the woods. So, for now, those working the front line in altnagelvin can cope. The hope is that will continue in the weeks ahead. Marie Louise Connolly, bbc news. A Police Officer who strangled his long term lover after she exposed their affair to his wife has been jailed. Dorset Police OfficerTimothy Brehmer killed nurse claire parry in a pub car park on 9 may. Brehmer and mrs parry had a secret relationship for more than 10 years. Brehmer who admitted manslaughter and was acquitted of murder by a jury, has been jailed for 10 and a half years. For more than 200 days, esse khanzadeh was in wythenshawe hospital, battling the effects of coronavirus. But this week, the 59 year old from cheadle has finally been discharged and was given a very special send off. Juliet phillips reports. Applause after seven long months fighting covid 19, this was the moment esse khanzadeh was finally able to leave hospital. Thanks everyone, goodbye. His doctors and nurses forming a guard of honour. Now back at home, hes full of gratitude for those who cared for him. Thank you is not enough. They really. They saved my life, basically. Should be a guard of honourfor them. It hasnt been an easyjourney. Esse spent four months in an induced coma, and many months afterfighting to get fit enough to be discharged. I never thought for a minute that i would catch it, let alone be that close to not coming back. Esse had no prior Health Conditions and feels strongly people should stop underestimating the virus. Its amazing how some of the people, even now, think of it as a cold or flu or whatever. Essys brother farry has been
supporting him throughout. He wasnt the only one excited about the homecoming, though. His neighbours lined the street to welcome him back. All the neighbours were out, applauding esse. Encouragement, showing him how much he means to everyone. And esse was touched. He has gone through so much. Hes home now, which is the important bit, but step by step, day by day, in the right direction we will help him and support him. Its a long road ahead for esse, whose lungs have been damaged by the disease. But finally being able to come home, with his family around him, is a major milestone. Its a long road home. But im relieved. Earlier we had a look at your questions regarding coronavirus. Many of you have been asking questions about the covid 19 trial and delivering a vaccine. So to answer your questions i am joined now by professor beate kampmann, director of the Vaccine Centre at the London School of hygiene and tropical medicine and by professorjonathan ball, professor of molecular virology at the university of nottingham thank you forjoining me. We have a lot of questions. This first is from christian powys, who says what is the status of oxford and other vaccine phase three trials . Beate, first. Thanks for the question. As you probably know, there are ten candidates in what is called phase three trials, the main trials to establish if vaccines are safe and effective . The oxford vaccine, run by astrazeneca, is one of them and there are a number of others. We will probably be expecting to see some results from these trials before christmas. That doesnt mean the vaccine will be in a pharmacy next to you, but it will be interesting to see
how they fare. With making the point that we will probably need more than one vaccine . I would have certainly thought so. Its a pandemic, which means there needs to be vaccines for the globe. It is good not to have invested in one particular candidate, or vaccine platform. But to have a portfolio. At this point, we dont know which one will come off, and it is better to have several candidates which will come through to satisfy the global demand. This one is from tony ferret, who says, lets assume that it gives covid immunity, does this mean that a vaccinated person cannot pass the virus on to others . Its a great question. What we know from other vaccines, very often, a vaccine will protect from disease, but it doesnt necessarily protect you from infection. If you are infected and actively replicating the virus, there is a chance you can pass on that virus to others. At the moment, we dont really have a good enough understanding
of the sorts of immunity that the vaccines underdevelopment are going to give. We have a glimpse, potentially, from some Animal Studies that have been carried out with various vaccines. What we have seen with those Animal Studies is that monkeys that receive the vaccine, if you then challenge them with real, live virus a few weeks later, very often they dont suffer serious disease, particularly pneumonia. But you can detect large levels of virus replicating in the nose and throat, and therefore, there is the potential, if the same thing happened in humans, for that virus to transmit. But we have to wait and see. Thank you for that. This is a question that came to me yesterday when we were doing this story, joe wilson from birmingham says if antibodies are diminishing in people who have had covid, how will a vaccine be any better . Professor kampmann . Yes, crucial question, and totally logical. We note that the main protection, we believe, is likely to come from antibodies. We also need to consider t cells, because that immunity will be really crucial. Its quite normal after both infection and vaccination that antibodies go down, but that does not mean that there is not memory in the bank, so to say. So when you then meet the real pathogen, in this case the covid virus, those memory cells can quickly produce an antibody that can be neutralising. The fact that it is going down, does not mean that the vaccine is going to offer protection, and it also means that at the moment we dont have good evidence that people are frequently getting reinfected with covid. We do see subsequent interactions with other coronaviruses. We dont know how long protection will last. We dont know what level of antibody the vaccine needs to achieve to afford us protection. But there are other elements of the immune system that are very
likely to play a role. You probably answered the next question from neil, do you think the vaccine for covid will end the pandemic . Do you want me to talk to that as well . Yes. So, that is a bit of Wishful Thinking at this point, because the vaccine will not be available to everybody, everywhere. We dont know how effective it is going to be in the longer term. We might need booster vaccines. I think, for now, the first generation of vaccines might only have an effective amount of 50 . That leaves a large gap in protection. We have to think of vaccines as one of the tools in the box, but it doesnt have to be the only tool in the box. I dont think distancing can be abolished immediately. Health care workers will be prioritised for the vaccine, will spouses giving full time care be recognised as care workers . You might not know the answer to that one, but what do you think . I certainly wouldnt know the answer, that is very much around health policy. But what will happen is that there will be some prioritisation, because as beate pointed out at the start, theres only so much vaccine to go around initially. It is a global pandemic, and therefore there are lots of people in need. Therefore, it makes sense. We see it with influenza, we see that people are prioritised, so that includes Health Care Workers. But, of course, importantly for covid 19, because it is a virus that causes significant problems to the elderly and people with other diseases, such as diabetes or chronic lung disease, we would also expect those people to be prioritised as well, if a vaccine does protect them from disease. Again, that is another important question that we need to find out when we get data from the phase three trials. Thank you for answering that. Professor kampmann, can i put this to you . Jeff asks, will any vaccine only cover one particular strain or mutation, like the flu vaccine does . Thats an interesting one. So, that is a question thatjonathan is much Better Qualified than me on. I will put it to him in a moment as far as i know, we dont have evidence there is quick mutation of the covid virus at this stage. The vaccines are fairly specific. I dont think were looking at drift of the pathogen at this point. Maybe you want to chip in . I think that is misplaced modesty from beate this virus does not mutate as much as things like influenza, and therefore we do not think this kind of evolution is going to be significant in terms of a problem for vaccination. Particularly because you do generate
lots of different antibodies, lots of different cells that fight the virus, and therefore the virus has to escape this Great Multitude of weapons. Therefore, it may well find it more difficult. Beate, you were nodding your head, i will move on. Again, this is one you cant answer, tracy says are there plans to make the vaccine mandatory . The question to you would probably be, do you think it should be . Im not a fan of mandatory vaccination. Public health englands programme that has run vaccination successfully in this country is not a fan of it either. The people that will feel the most threatened by severe covid disease will be the ones that step up and want to have a vaccine that is found to be safe and effective. To be honest, we need to increase confidence in the products that are coming through, and the processes. I dont think we are in a position where we need to make it mandatory. And if it doesnt actually cut through transmission, then i cant see any reason why it
should be mandatory. What about you, jonathan . No, im never one for mandatory vaccinations. I think if you cant persuade the population through the evidence, through the data that you have, then, you know, its a bad indictment on the scientists, really. We have to show the world, the country, that this is a vaccine that works, that it protects people from covid disease, particularly Vulnerable People. Or if it doesnt do that, that it does stop transmission in large proportions of people. Because, you know, there are two ways we can think about the vaccine working. One is that it limits the amount of transmission, and therefore these outbreaks can never really gather pace, the other, a much preferred option, that it is preventing disease,
particularly in the vulnerable populations. If i can stay with you, what happens if we dont get a vaccine for covid 19 . Will the country keep going in and out of lockdown . What if it becomes endemic . Its a great question, one that is causing great debate within the community. It really harks back to the whole concept of whether or not we could ever reach a level of herd immunity, which would mean that you limit the number and frequency of outbreaks. Eventually, that is probably what would happen if you let the virus run its course. The problem is, it might take a very long time to get to that kind of equilibrium, where the virus circulates in much the same way as the other coronaviruses that infect humans and circulate in winter. They cause cold like symptoms, but even with those viruses, some people do get very seriously ill, they end up in intensive care. And so, in the absence of a vaccine, im afraid that is the only other reality. Fingers crossed, we do get that much needed vaccine. Professor kampmann, this one is from alan taylor. If, when they develop the vaccine, will we share the vaccine with other countries in need that dont have the same medical capability . We should stress its notjust the uk trying to develop a vaccine. Professor kampmann . Im sorry, i seem to have lost connection here. We will re establish that. Perhaps, jonathan, i will rebound that to you . Professor kampmann would have been better with that one, its an area she is expert at. But we do know there is a global demand. We do know that various organisations, the wellcome trust, the who, the united nations, they are working hard to make sure that vaccines are not just stockpiled by wealthy countries, that there is wider distribution. In essence, if you think about that, its beneficial even for those richer countries, to ensure that the amount of virus
circulating in other parts of the world is limited. Professor kampmann, i think we have re established contact. You would agree that whatever country develops this, there will be huge pressure to get it out as quickly as possible . Thats right. Its important to consider what is called the covax initiative, a coalition for academic preparedness, which are set up with a large fundraising platform to make sure that countries contribute to the vaccine supply globally. And the aim is to have 2 billion doses of vaccine available by the end of 2021, which are equally distributed through the world, to the most vulnerable populations. It is good to see that the uk has actually bought into that concept, as has the eu, as had china. Unfortunately, not the us. Nevertheless, this is a really Important Initiative which will help us secure the global
vaccine supply full. One more question, is it likely the vaccine will be an annual inoculation when it comes . Difficult to predict, it would have to be annual only if the immunity was short lived because we dont think that virus mutation is going to be a potential problem, and so what we do know is, especially vulnerable and elderly people, their immunity can diminish. As you age your immunity diminishes and therefore the durability and how long the immunity lasts also decreases as you age so it may well be necessary to have regular boosters. Beate, that chimes . I would agree. Its important we look at the vaccinations for children but also as a life course event and we all need to be prepared and the vaccine out there at the moment is the flu
vaccine, and although we are waiting for the covid vaccine, go and get that one in the meantime im very grateful to both of you forjoining us. Thanks both forjoining us. Plenty of whether to talk about at the moment and today is a case of sunny spells and scattered showers and so far the best of the weather has been further east, showers more widespread to the west and some of these have been heavy with hail and thunder. They will slowly start to fade as we close out the day, a brief lull before more wet weather arrives by the end of the night. Into Northern Ireland and western fringes. Clearer skies will allow the temperatures to fall into low single figures in the east. A dry and bright start here but it wont be long before cloud and rain moves steadily north and east. Weather warnings have been issued by the met office and some areas could get as much as 2 3 inches of rain and Gale Force Gusts of wind at times, as well. Top temperatures peaking between 11 and 16c. As we move out of thursday
into friday, most of the rain will ease away, a trail of showers, slightly quieter. This is bbc news. The headlines. The family who died when a boat carrying migrants sank in the English Channel have been named. Their 15 month old son is still missing. Concern about the impact of the second wave of coronavirus some scientists warn of the consequences of not bringing in tougher measures its quite plausible that by the end of next month, there would be 500 deaths a day. The whole of nottinghamshire will now enter tier 3 restrictions on friday, instead of tomorrow affecting more than a Million People. 0n the us campaign trail donald trump promises a great red wave, as his rivaljoe biden calls the president a conman and coming up after more
than 200 days in hospital, the moment one patient is allowed home after being treated for coronavirus. Thank you is not enough. They really. They saved my life. Hello, and good afternoon. Its emerged that the four migrants who died yesterday after their boat sank in the channel were members of a kurdish iranian family. Their 15 month old boy remains missing. Theyve been named as Rasoul Iran Nejad and shiva mohammad panahi, who were both 35. Nine year old anita and armin
who was 6, also drowned. Their 15 month old baby called artin has yet to be found. 15 other migrants were taken to hospital and an investigation into the sinking has been opened in dunkirk by the French Public prosecutor. Those names are emerging in the last couple of hours. We will have much more from our correspondent on that a little later in this half hour. As the number of covid infections rises, there are new warnings from scientists that more needs to be done to protect people and to prevent a much worse second wave. 0ne scientist has warned of at least 500 deaths a day by the end of next month. Its already happening in europe and france and germany are expected to announce tougher measures later. With christmas and other festivals not far off, there are calls for a united approach from all four
nations of the uk. Keith doyle reports. It has been delayed 24 hours, but at a minute past midnight tomorrow night, nottingham will be the latest area to move into tier 3. Warrington will also be under tier 3 restrictions, joining manchester, where they came in last week, and liverpool, which has been under tier 3 for a fortnight. Imposing restrictions locally is designed to keep the economy open as much as possible. But with figures rising across the uk and europe, scientists are indicating that all of england could be under tier 3 by christmas as the number of infections rise. With our current measures, which are, you know, similar but with variations in different parts of europe, there is still evidence that there is not as much social distancing as there was when we clamped down in the first wave. And so we know that the risk is significant that cases will continue to grow. So it is not unrealistic to think of 25,000 people being in hospital by the end of next month . It is certainly not unrealistic to think about that. The most recent figures show 367 people died in the latest 24 hour period, with over 22,000 confirmed cases. That means on average in the past week 200 deaths were announced every day. The concern is the number of deaths may not peak as high as march, but will remain constant for a longer period. Things do look very serious indeed. I mean, i have been looking at the deaths. We had a very large number reported yesterday, but they are going at about over 150 a day and doubling every two or three weeks. And that means it is quite plausible that by the end of next month there would be 500 deaths per day. In nottingham, where they are preparing for tighter restrictions, not everyone is convinced they will work. My sister is in manchester where they are already in tier 3, and she said it is the same. They still serve food, but then give you as many drinks as you like. I dont know, i dont think it is really going to make a difference. Tojust keep shutting down, i mean, this city will go bust. There will be nothing left of it. You know, clothes shops, there willjust be nothing left of it, that is the problem. I think they said 28 days for us to be in tier 3. I think we will be in it a lot longer. The government believes the evidence still backs local restrictions, when questioned about a National England wide fire break. No, i dont think that is right. I do not think that is consistent with the epidemiological picture we are seeing, or indeed consistent with the pressures that are being seen in different parts of the Health Service across the country. Hospitals are feeling the pressure, particularly in the north of england. But admissions are still far below what was experienced in the spring. And there has been a substantial improvement in survival amongst people admitted with coronavirus disease as treatments have improved, and far more is now known about the virus. Keith doyle, bbc news. The latest daily figures have just come through in the last few moments. Just to tell you that across the uk, to give you first of all the number of new cases of covid 19, the uk, recording 24,701 new cases of covid, a slightly higherfigure new cases of covid, a slightly higher figure than yesterday, in fa ct. Higher figure than yesterday, in fact. The figure yesterday was 22,885. Those are the new cases. Another 310 deaths. Just to remind you, in terms of how that is categorised, those are deaths within 28 days of a positive covid test. A further 310 deaths, the figure for tuesday was 367. Down slightly on that. Those are the latest figures, just through. The government says its too early to say what covid rules will be in place at christmas as it comes under mounting pressure for more clarity in the run up to the festive period. Ministers in england have suggested larger Group Celebrations may not be allowed. There are also calls for the four nations to agree on uniform guidance as our Political Correspondent jess parker reports. Downing street last december. The day after the general election. Before covid caused a dramatic change in the way we live our lives. What will happen this christmas . Ministers warn it is too early to say. There will be undoubtedly frustrations about the restrictions that people are having to abide by, but i think people also understand that we have to control the spread of this virus, we all have a role to play in doing that. I am sure we will be able to a good christmas and families will be able to meet. But they may not be able to get together in the large groups that they normally would. So as winter approaches, a suggestion for england that there will be no big gatherings this christmas. But with varying rules across the uk, today calls for consistency. The problem i see at the moment is different rules in different parts of the United Kingdom. And while i strongly believe in devolution, i think parts of the Pandemic Response has seen that work well. I think for christmas, there has to be a coordinated plan. So questions about safe travel across the uk, students returning home from university, how many people will be able to gather together. In normal times, it might seem like christmas is just around the corner, only a couple of months away. But in the age of covid, change can come at you fast and the truth is, a lot could happen between now and december. Halloween has not even happened yet, but christmas, for many people, matters much more. It is a case of, do you really want to put the grandparents at risk by having them round . Most likely, immediate family and keep it small. But you never know what rules are going to change. We are going to try and be as safe as possible, but ideally, we want to meet because life is so short anyway. In the summer, ministers faced criticism after sudden rule changes curbed eid celebrations in parts of england. Minsiters know many will be desperate to see their families this leaders know many will be desperate to see their families this christmas and we want to avoid setting rules that stretch the limits of public compliance. Nottinghamshires move into tier three has been delayed until friday, but it will now include the entire county. Sian lloyd is in nottingham. There is still a great deal of confusion for people in Nottingham City Centre, also for three boroughs, gedling, rushcliffe and broxtowe. Because if i turn the clock back, on monday night they were told
they were going to be moving into tier 3, the very high risk group, at one minute past midnight tonight. They were told the next day, yesterday, they were going to get details of the exact financial package and how they could prepare for these changes. Those didnt come. We understand its because there were a lot of meetings taking place behind closed doors, because of the rise in cases, further across the county, that they would need to be brought into tier 3. That is what our understanding is going to happen. It looks like there is a delay for those three boroughs and the city centre to move into tier 3. It will be one minute past midnight on friday, we think. But also, the whole of nottinghamshire will now come under these more stringent restrictions. So, people being told something completely different within 48 hours from what they were being told on monday. A lot of answers wanted here in nottingham by people. I have spoken to some people out and about today. Theyre quite cross, angry, and theyre certainly confused. A couple of hours ago, before we had a few more details, and a couple of extra details coming through about further restrictions on top of what might be expected. 0ur colleagues at east midlands today have been speaking to the leader of ashfield district council, one of the new areas that is now impacted by all of this when it comes in on friday, who has been talking about extra businesses that are going to be asked to close. That includes beauty salons, nail bars, tattoo parlours and sunbed places. That is the direct quote. This is as recommended by Public Health england, that is what the leader of the council is saying. Who then said, we are effectively in tier 3 plus, because even some of the places we have been
talking about, liverpool, greater manchester, all of those areas we focused on so much in the last few weeks, that doesnt necessarily apply there. Just another reminder of how things vary depending on which part of the country you live in. Thats really interesting. That has just in. Thats really interesting. That hasjust come in. Thats really interesting. That has just come through and we will try to get more details on that for you. There is a extra restrictions that possibly had not been affected, and that is a lot of businesses and jobs affected. Its worth mentioning that after 5pm i am going to be speaking to one of the nottinghamshire mps, so that will be interesting, coming up after 5pm. We can ask her about that and the extra restrictions. We will keep an eye on that, all of that in nottinghamshire, coming in at one minute past midnight on friday. It is 4. 12, and we will talk more about the desperate story of the Migrant Deaths in the channel yesterday. We have been saying of the last few hours that an entire
family appears to have lost their life in that tragedy, one little boy is still being looked for. Our corresponded, simonjones, is still being looked for. Our corresponded, simon jones, has is still being looked for. Our corresponded, simonjones, has been following this and joins me from dover. Another heartbreaking story, another human tragedy . Absolutely. Yesterday, when we heard the news that four people had died trying to get across the channel, including two young children, and potentially another young child was missing, there was a real sense of shock on both sides of the channel will stop i think today, though, we have learned that the four people who died and the child who is missing we re died and the child who is missing were all from the same iranian kurdish family. Just to talk you through the people that have lost their lives, they are Rasoul Iran Nejad, who was 35, shiva mohammad panahi, who was also 35, anita, who was nine, armin he was six, and their baby brother, artin,
who is yet to be found. We learned through the bbc persian service, who have been talking to the family, we learned that the family had saved all of their possessions, they have sold practically everything they had to try to make the journey to the uk. They had left iran at the start of august. They had travelled through to italy, and to france, where they had spent around a month before yesterday morning getting on that boat to try to get across the channel. What we are not clear about is why they chose yesterday, why that was the potential opportunity to get across the channel when, like today, conditions out there at sea we re today, conditions out there at sea were really rough. It was very windy and expert said that it was really only a matter of time before people lost their lives. There was no way this boat was going to get across a channel in conditions like that. The situation is just desperate on so
many levels. What are the Border Force Officials that you talk to, what do they say, and what did i say about the role of people smugglers in all of this . The gangs that encourage families, sometimes to behave in this way . I think, to be honest, people were expecting that eventually there would be loss of life like this in the channel. They we re life like this in the channel. They were hoping desperately that it wouldnt happen. But i think border force, and the home office, were surprised about this. Because it is usually quite easy to predict when these crossings are going to happen. The weather is calm, and you can almost say it will be a busy day for the border force. I dont think anybody expected a boat carrying migrants to set out from northern france yesterday morning. 15 people we re france yesterday morning. 15 people were also taken to hospital, as well as the four or five people we believe you have lost their lives. So, ithink believe you have lost their lives. So, i think we are hearing from border force that what they say
needs to be done is really tackling the people smugglers who are organising these crossings. We understand the family paid to smugglers around £20,000 to make this journey, to try to get across the channel. So, the government saying that has to the focus, to tackle the people that are really plying their trade, making the most of the people who want to get across the channel, plying a trade in human misery. News coming from our Diplomatic Correspondent about Nazanin Zaghari ratcliffe, you will be familiar with her case, i am sure. We are hearing her husband, richard ratcliffe, has been talking to the bbc and has told us that his wife has been summoned to an Iranian Court on monday to face fresh charges. He says his wife has been told to
pack a bag for prison, because that is where she will be going after the hearing. She has been living with her parents under house arrest since march, because of covid 19, because of the health risks in iranian prisons. She has been under house arrest since then. This, from everything i am reading at the moment, appears to be entirely unexpected. This is very early stages, what i am reading here, we will get more in the next few minutes. Richard ratcliffe, her husband, saying that she has been told she will be appearing in court on monday. She says they do not know what will happen and how far they will take forward the threat of prison. But we know the revolutionary guard is signalling something to the british government. Dou btless, something to the british government. Doubtless, more to come on that. That, just through from our Diplomatic Correspondent. One of the uks covid hotspots,
derry and stra bane, was one of the first to introduce local restrictions three weeks ago to try and stop the spread. The bbcs Northern IrelandHealth Correspondent marry Louise Connolly has been given exclusive access to Altnagelvin Hospitals covid and icu wards hearing how people there have been dealing with the virus. Sandra kelly tested positive for covid 19 almost a fortnight ago. On day eight, her condition worsened and the 58 year old grandmother was admitted to Altnagelvin Hospital. Sandra is one of 20 seriously ill patients being treated on ward 21. This used to be where patients recovered after hip and knee operations, but the pressures of the pandemic mean it was scaled up into another covid unit just a few weeks ago and patients like sandra say they feel lucky to be here. I thought i was going to die. Thats how bad i was. The hospital, doctors and nurses,
work round the clock to try and save you, and thats what they done with me. It was horrendous. For the staff, its relentless work, as one 12 hour shift rolls into the next. Most have families. Laura here has two young boys. Im exhausted here at the minute. I came on from half seven last night, just finishing. We came in to 15 patients at the start of the night. We had patients moved to another ward to try and accommodate room in here. Weve now 20 patients this morning. This is us full. What really stands out here is the tremendous sense of calm and dedication from every Single Member of staff. Of course, in every case, theyre helping people, helping patients, but particularly here in the intensive care unit, theyre trying to save lives. So, we had 68 patients this morning here positive on site
and one patient in ed. The bbc was invited in to Altnagelvin Hospital to highlight the pressures on all aspects of care. At the morning management meeting, the scale of the challenges are laid bare. But theres no real signs that the pressures are going off. 0nly last week, the number of positive cases was so high, derry and strabane was considered one of the uks hotspots. But as a result of the local restrictions imposed, the bbc can now reveal that the cases of covid 19 have dropped by almost a half. Id like to say thank you because, er, we are all in this together. If all of us are not in together, there will be lives which will be lost. And you can see it that as soon as the lockdown happened, the hospital admissions did come down. That does not mean we are out of the woods. So, for now, those working the front line in altnagelvin can cope. The hope is that will continue in the weeks ahead. Marie Louise Connolly, bbc news. With less than a week to the us president ial election, the democratic Candidatejoe Biden has taken his campaign to the state of georgia usually a republican stronghold. President trump has been holding rallies in michigan, wisconsin and nebraska promising a giant red wave. 0ur north america correspondent david willis has the latest. In the georgian hot springs town where Franklin Roosevelt once sought treatment for polio, another democrat, joe biden, pledged to heal the countrys wounds. Anger and suspicion are growing. And our wounds are getting deeper. And many wonder, has it gone too far . Have we passed the point of no return . Has the heart of this nation turned to stone . I dont think so. Two socially distanced rallies here are being seen as a sign of confidence on the part of the biden team. Not since bill clinton back in 1992 has georgia supported a democrat in a president ial election. But polls put the two candidates neck and neck. Little social distancing in evidence here by comparison. And many at this trump rally were also maskless. Donald trump is seeking to defend the midwestern states of michigan and wisconsin, states he narrowly won four years ago. And despite trailing in the polls, he clearly believes history will repeat itself. Youre going to see a giant red wave on tuesday. Cheering. Youre going to see a red wave like theyve never seen before, and they saw a very big one,
ill tell you what, they got a glimpse on four years ago, because that was. And remember they said, where did these people come from . Where did they come from . A little while later, the Trump Campaign was dealt a setback when its website was taken over by hackers who claimed to have information that discredited the president. The donaldj trump website was offline completely for about 30 minutes, and the campaign subsequently released a statement saying it had been defaced and that they were working with Law Enforcement to investigate the source of the attack. No Sensitive Data had been compromised, the statement said. Meanwhile, americans are already voting in record numbers. Nearly 70 Million People have already cast their ballot. Thats nearly half the total number that voted in the president ial election four years ago. Counting might take days or even weeks, to the consternation of donald trump, who repeated his opposition to delaying the outcome in order to count millions of postal votes. He wants a result on election night, setting the stage for a battle that could end up in the courts. David willis, bbc news, los angeles. Gun control is a major issue in the president ial Campaign Joe Biden wants it tightened. The mass shooting of 17 students at a school in floriday two years ago sparked a generation that hadnt been heard before. As nomia iqbal reports, to get their message across in this election theyre using shock tactics with a voice from the recent past. Yo. Its me. Its guac. A voice from beyond the grave. Ive been gone for two years and nothings changed, bro. Joaquin 0liver was murdered at his school in parkland. Hes been brought to life by virtual reality. Vote for people, not getting shot, bro
i mean, vote for me, because i cant. This is our son. This is his activism. This is his fight. His parents are committed to a Lifelong Campaign a voice on behalf of their murdered son. We talked about the Vegas Shooting after it happened and then we talked about the pulse nightclub in orlando shooting, and he was very disappointed about a system that was not able to fix that. And then, a few months later, it happened to him. 17 people died that day, in one of the most devastating School Shootings in america. But in this election season, if you travel across states like florida and beyond, you find passion about guns and the right to own one still run high. Americans own most of the worlds civilian weapons. The right to keep and bear arms is protected by the constitution
in the Second Amendment. Its a higher capacity shot gun. And guns are big business. With covid coming about, we had a very, very significant increase of sales. Then we had the civil unrest, so that increased sales. Now we have an election, which kind of keeps the fire burning. They enjoy lots of habits, like golf and tennis. We spend a lot of money on toys that we play with. We dont necessarily mean any harm. And like the rest of america, President Trump and joe biden couldnt be further apart when it comes to gun control. Donald trump saysjoe biden will take away peoples Second Amendment rights. Joe biden says he wont, but wants more gun control. What happened here in parkland mobilised a generation in a way that hadnt been seen before. This wasnt the first mass shooting, it wasnt the first school shooting, but it took students here all the way to washington. 20 year old ryan deitsch survived the parkland shooting. Were done hiding . And organised a huge protest with other students, calling for tighter gun regulations. As far as the eye could see, just a horde of people. It was a tremendous and amazing experience. Two years on, theres been little change. This is going to take a long, long time. I dont even expect it to come, regardless of who wins this presidency. It is not something to be expected, it is something to be fought for. It is something to be lobbied for, it is something to be protested for. And its a fight that we are willing to have, because its a fight worth winning. In this deeply divided nation, the issue of gun rights defines which side youre on and, in such a polarising election, its unlikely any politician will be able to bridge that divide. Nomia iqbal, bbc news, florida. More on the us election throughout
the rest of the afternoon. Now its time for a look at the weather with louise leah. Hello, there. Plenty of weather to talk about at the moment. Today, its a case of sunny spells and scattered showers. So far, the best breaks in the cloud and sunshine has been further east. Showers more widespread to the west. Some of these heavy, with some hail and some thunder. They will slowly start to fade as we close out the day. A brief lull before more wet weather arrives by the end of the night, into Northern Ireland and western fringes as well. Clearer skies to the east will allow those temperatures to fall into low single figures. Here, dry and bright start. It wont be long before cloud and rain continues to move its way steadily north and east. Weve got weather warnings that have been issued by the met office. Some areas could get as much as two to three inches of rain on a west facing coasts. And Gale Force Gusts of wind at times as well. Now, top temperatures peaking between 11 and 16. Thats 61 fahrenheit. As we move out on friday into friday, most of the rain will ease away. A trail of showers, slightly quieter. Will ease away, a trail of showers, slightly quieter. The headlines. The final america. We look at the issue of gun control in the us election. Google, Facebook Face senators in america. Hello and welcome. Some of the biggest names in tech are testifying to us lawmakers. It is all yours. Brass from the likes of twitter and facebook are asking whether Tech Companies should be liable for staff being put on their site by users, this is to do with legislation from the 90s which protects the big Tech Companies about postings from the public. There have been some pretty terse exchanges with facebook boss Mark Zuckerberg accused of Encouraging Division in society, have a listen to this. We design our systems to show people the content of that is going to be the most meaningful to them which is not trying to be as divisive as possible and most of the content is not political. It is things like making sure that you can see when your cousin had your baby or something. 0k, cousin had your baby or something. Ok, im not talking about the cousins and babies, im talking about the conspiracy theories, which are senators which our senators on both sides of the house know what we are talking about. Straight over to our tech hero. Where have you been all my life . Good to see you, my friend. For the uninitiated, this is called section 230 and as one expert said, it means these websites are treated like someone who sells newspapers as opposed to the editors, that put the stuff in the papers. This law passed in the 90s and is viewed as the foundational law which made the inter network. And is viewed as the foundational law which made the inter network. It is shielded the websites which
made the inter network. Is shielded the websites which made the inter network. It shielded them from legal action internet work. It is coming under pressure from both sides of congress but it has to be said this hearing has descended into the most extraordinary shouting match between republicans and democrats. The democrats accusing facebook of allowing all sorts of bad stuff to flourish and the republicans coming back and saying it is all about conservative bias. Senator ted cruz accused jack dorsey of twitter are trying to be the centre of the internet and trying to shutout trying to be the centre of the internet and trying to shut out free speech by stopping the spreading of a New York Post story about joe bidens son. Stay with me. Twitter has been under the spotlight especially over the weight has treated some of the tweets over
the way it has treated some of the tweets of President Trump, and they asked why they were quick to correct his tweets. You seem to have no objection to a tweet by the Chinese Communist party saying, us army brought the epidemic to wuhan. We labelled that tweet. It took you two months to do so. Im not certain on the timeframe but i can get back to you on that. A tweet from the Chinese Communist party, falsely accusing the American Military of causing the coronavirus pandemic, that was left up for two months with no comment from twitter while the president of the United States making his statement about being careful about ballot security was
labelled immediately. Back to rory. That was jack dorsey, the big boss of twitter, we know Mark Zuckerberg what the boss of facebook, he has said, he is all up for reforms, but not everybody is. Theres a big divide between and twitter. Both sides know reform is coming at some stage, the tide has turned against the tech giants on a range of issues from competition to the way they moderate content. This hearing is really reeled by what is happening in the campaign at the moment, really ruled. The democrats say this should not be happening of this is an opportunity for the republicans to intimidate social media firms, and the republicans are making sure they get fair coverage in the final days of this campaign, they say. Ok. Thanks forjoining us. Hope to talk to you again soon. Dont be such a stranger. Thank you, my friend. Now do some of the other stories. A key group of diplomats has backed nigerias ngozi 0konjo iweala to be the next head of the world trade organisation. Her appointment needs the approval of all 164 Member States and washington says it wont support the move. She would be the first african or woman to lead the organisation. Boeing has announced its cutting 7000 more job after it lost 466 million in the three months to september. The company is being battered by the pandemic and the grounding of its 737 max after two deadly crashes. But it says progress is being made towards getting the jet back in the air. We can bring up the market board. Global stocks and the euro tumbled on wednesday as Coronavirus Infections rose in europe and the United States, certainly igniting fears of strict lockdowns that would damage already fragile economic recoveries. On top of this, still a lot of caution around the us elections next week. The dax in germany is down nearly 496. The dax in germany is down nearly 4 . All eyes on the election. And to reiterate the worries over the spikes in the coronavirus cases we
are seeing in the United States and europe. Now back to james. Studio thanks forjoining us. We will have the view of the us election in arizona. Most of australia has kept the virus controlled but there were 800 lives lost in melbourne. 0ur australia correspondent Shaimaa Khalil reports from sydney. It is the moment they have waited many months for. Im so excited to enjoy my first pint of guinness. It has been too long. It has been
surreal. It feels like very strange. We we re surreal. It feels like very strange. We were in a taxi, it felt strange. We were in a taxi, it felt strange. We hope to hang onto this feeling. We hope to hang onto this feeling. We are just grateful for even being able to come to our favourite re sta u ra nt able to come to our favourite restaurant and our neighbourhood pub. This was unimaginable just a few weeks ago, customers flooding into shops that have been closed since august. What an exciting day to be able to open up to our melbourne customers and we have really been awaiting this day for very long, so a big day for us. But getting he has not been easy. This was one of the worlds longest and strictest lockdowns. It devastated the local economy but has been credited for containing the virus. It is not clear when people will be able to travel freely to and from
victoria, at the premier here says the real test will be what happens with case numbers now that things are opening up. Victoria was the epicentre of australias second wave and it will be a while before things get back to normal. For now, people are enjoying the Simple Pleasures are enjoying the Simple Pleasures are used to take for granted. They used to take. This is bbc world news, the latest headlines. A final push for votes before the us election, more than 70 million americans have already voted. Reports that germany is about to close its bars and restaurants from next week as covid cases sought, and france is also likely to introduce its new restrictions. More information about what is happening in germany. Angela merkel is speaking at the moment and some
lines coming out from what she is saying, she says they are in a very serious situation and she has said the curve must be flattened once again. She says in many areas the country is no longer able to track and trace because of capacity limits and trace because of capacity limits and a report suggests the federal government has agreed with state premiers a new coronavirus aid package worth up to 10 billion euros although that has not been formally announced. We will continue to keep you updated with the situation in germany. Back to america, one of the issues which could play a role in the president ial election is gun control. Mass shootings like those in parkland two years ago have often led to calls for more controls on weapon ownership to be put in place but the pro gun lobby remains opposed to any attempt to weaken the individual american institutional claim that american institutional right, they claim, to own guns. Yo. Its me. Its guac. A voice from beyond the grave. Ive been gone for two years and nothings changed, bro. Joaquin 0liver was murdered at his school in parkland. Hes been brought to life by virtual reality. Vote for people, not getting shot, bro i mean, vote for me, because i cant. This is our son. This is his activism. This is his fight. His parents are committed to a Lifelong Campaign a voice on behalf of their murdered son. We talked about the Vegas Shooting after it happened and then we talked about the pulse nightclub in orlando shooting, and he was very disappointed about a system that was not able to fix that. And then, a few months later, it happened to him. 17 people died that day, in one of the most devastating School Shootings in america. But in this election season, if you travel across states like florida and beyond,
you find passion about guns and the right to own one still run high. Americans own most of the worlds civilian weapons. The right to keep and bear arms is protected by the constitution in the Second Amendment. Its a higher capacity shot gun. And guns are big business. With covid coming about, we had a very, very significant increase of sales. Then we had the civil unrest, so that increased sales. Now we have an election, which kind of keeps the fire burning. They enjoy lots of habits, like golf and tennis. We spend a lot of money on toys that we play with. We dont necessarily mean any harm. And like the rest of america, President Trump and joe biden couldnt be further apart when it comes to gun control. Donald trump saysjoe biden will take away peoples Second Amendment rights. Joe biden says he wont, but wants more gun control. What happened here in parkland mobilised a generation in a way that hadnt been seen before. This wasnt the first mass shooting, it wasnt the first school shooting, but it took students here all the way to washington. 20 year old ryan deitsch survived the parkland shooting. Were done hiding . And organised a huge protest with other students, calling for tighter gun regulations. As far as the eye could see, just a horde of people. It was a tremendous and amazing experience. Two years on, theres been little change. This is going to take a long, long time. I dont even expect it to come, regardless of who wins this presidency. It is not something to be expected, it is something to be fought for. It is something to be lobbied for, it is something to be protested for. And its a fight that we are willing to have, because its a fight worth winning. In this deeply divided nation, the issue of gun rights defines which side youre on and, in such a polarising election, its unlikely any politician will be able to bridge that divide. Nomia iqbal, bbc news, florida. We we can now join joe we can nowjoinjoe biden in delaware who is delivering a speech. Inits delaware who is delivering a speech. In its entirety, let me say that again, they are arguing that the entire law must fall which was stripped which will strip 20 million americans of Health Insurance overnight and rip away restrictions from more than 100 Million People in the middle of the pandemic, an upswing, and just this week on 60 minutes we heard about the Upcoming Supreme Court case on the Upcoming Supreme Court case on the Affordable Care act and i quote, i hope that they end it, it will be
so good if they end it, end of quote. There is no question that is why President Trump nominated Amy Coney Barrett to the court in that is why the republicans jammed it through in the middle of an election. They tried and tried since the Affordable Care act was passed to overturn it and every single time they failed. President trump has tried everything he can on his own to sabotage the law, so now in what i characterise as a craven abuse of political power, they have added to the court ofjustice and criticised chiefjustice roberts, their previous decision to uphold the Affordable Care act, and hopes to destroy the Affordable Care act once and for all through the courts. No matter how Many Americans they hurt in the process. Lets remember exactly what is at stake in this
election. If you have diabetes, asthma, cancer, even complications from covid 19, you are going to lose the protection of this law provides. Insurers will be able to jack up your premiums or deny you coverage, and women could again be charged more for their Health Care Just because they are women. And children will no longer be able to stay on their parents insurance policies until age 26. On top of all that, overturning the aca could mean that people have to pay to get covid 19 vaccine once it is available. That is right, that is right. The law that says insurers are required to cover vaccines for free is the Affordable Care act. He is striking that down, attempting to. Unlike donald trump, i believe health care is not a privilege, it is a right to have access to, this country cant afford four more years of a
president who thinks he is only responsible for the well being of the people who voted for him. We cant afford four more years of a president who instead of fighting the virus, tax doctors. I cant get over this guy. Attacks. He said doctors were only reporting covid cases because they wanted to make more money. 0nly reporting cases because they want to make money. You know, our doctors and nurses and our Front Line Health Care workers are putting themselves at enormous risk every day, more than a thousand of them have already died in an attempt to beat back this pandemic. The democratic nominee for President Joe Biden in delaware, his home state. He says he plans to vote late in the day. President trump will be speaking later on. Joining us now from phoenix in the us state of arizona is azza abuseif. Shes the state director for nextgen america, a Nonprofit Group that mobilises young people to become engaged and vote in elections. Will they vote . Yes, they will. How do you know . the numbers are very telling right now. We have seen so much momentum in this election, more than ive ever seen in arizona. In my years organising. It has been a record turnout for the primary is and folks are turning in their ballots early and we have seen more momentum, more than 2018, almost double what we saw then. Young people are not a monolithic block, and they are not all going to vote the same way. They are not, but young people especially 18 35, those
are the folks we work with, they are very issue based, and they do tend to vote more progressive than older people, so, yes, they are not all going to vote the same way, but they do tend to vote more progressive. 0ne do tend to vote more progressive. One more question. Candidates try to relate to younger people by showing they are cool in excruciating ways, by learning the latest dance craze is and those attempts always always full flight, what do Younger Voters wa nt to full flight, what do Younger Voters want to hear from full flight, what do Younger Voters want to hearfrom candidates . A lwa ys want to hearfrom candidates . Always fall flat. Younger voters wa nt to always fall flat. Younger voters want to talk about issues happening right now and they want to talk about health care. Most young people are not insured. Health care is so
expensive here. They want to hear candidates talk about the black lives matter movement, racial justice, the fact that most of us are going to be in debt for the rest of our lives over our college tuition. An example, i probably wont finish paying off my college debt until im 60 years old. Right, we really appreciate your insight into what is happening in arizona andi into what is happening in arizona and i imagine you will be watching as the president himself goes to arizona late in the day, determined to win that state, keep that state, but of course joe to win that state, keep that state, but of coursejoe biden wants to, as well. Plenty more coverage of events in america including the breaking news thatjoe biden has decided to vote early. He will vote in his home state of delaware where he has been voting now for decades and decades. President trump has already voted,
in the state of florida, on saturday. The president will be in arizona later. Much more from us coming up. We can turn to coronavirus. The head of the uk Vaccines Task force says there is a possibility that there could be a vaccine rolled out in the uk before christmas but that early 2021 is more likely. Kate bingham says she is optimistic the vaccine will be approved for use soon and that the uk is well positioned. She has been telling my colleague that the first covid vaccines could be similarto the first covid vaccines could be similar to the current flu vaccine in its nature, giving a short initial boost. But that the jab would be needed to be administered regularly. They are not 100 protective regularly. They are not 10096 protective and they dont provide protection for more than several months to a year, so i think what we
are going to end up with is something where we can manage this disease and we need to stop it from being a lethal disease that is causing a global shutdown, do something that is manageable, where we can prevent infection as well as reduce the severity of symptoms, if infection actually takes place. When do you think we will get the information that we need on whether the vaccines are safe and whether they work . I wish i could give you a firm answer but what i can say is that the front running vaccines will have completed their Clinical Trial enrolment, so by november we should have at least the frontrunning vaccines which includes oxford and others, where they will have completed the enrolment, and the bit we dont know, the parts we dont know, whether or not there have been sufficient infections in those Clinical Trials to be able to statistically show that people who
have received a vaccine are protected versus those who havent, and of course the holy grail question is, do the vaccines work . But im optimistic. It is important that we manage expectations, that this is not likely to be a one and done, a Silver Bullet that will put everything back to right immediately, but based on the data that has been generated so far, we have room to be optimistic. We mustnt rush it and we made to make sure everything is done properly and safely we need. The uk is well positioned. Safely we need. The uk is wellpositioned. When can people be realistically expect to be offered a vaccine . There is a possibility that vaccine . There is a possibility that vaccine roll out will start this side of christmas, but otherwise it is more realistic to expect it to be early next year. Who would be given
them first as a priority . That is a matter for the department of health who works with an expert committee, which is thejoint who works with an expert committee, which is the joint committee on vaccination immunisations, they advise the government on priorities and who should get it first, and they have put on their website their initial advice on priorities i shouldnt, obviously in absence of the final Clinical Data advice on prioritisation. They include health ca re prioritisation. They include Health Care Workers and the over 80s and then they go down roughly in age order including people with underlying diseases. Is there at the risk of rusting up to give vaccines to people who have is there a risk of rushing out to give the vaccines to people who are vulnerable . The safety trials have not been compromised and they have
not been compromised and they have not been compromised and they have not been rushed. No changes to the high standards of safety have taken place in the development of these vaccines so again, im not concerned that the safety has been compromised. We might be able to do initial tests on side effects but we dont know the side effects in five yea rs, dont know the side effects in five years, ten years. Yes, and we need to run those studies to see, but thatis to run those studies to see, but that is why we have recommended that the people that receive the vaccines are those who are most at risk from infection. Yes, we dont know what the consequences might be in five or ten yea rs the consequences might be in five or ten years but the fact is, if these Vulnerable People have risk of severe mortality or morbidity if they get the infection, that is something each individual person and the government needs to consider. But you do need to think about, if
you take the vaccine, that is in the body for a short time before it is degraded, so biologically i think it is unlikely that there will be lots of long term consequences but we cant say that until we have run the studies and looked at them. Given that there is always the risk, can you explain what the different vaccines are . They are working with different mechanisms . Are any of them live jabs . Sometimes you get a reaction to the flu jab. We have two frontrunning vaccines, one is a vaccine which is a virus which gets into the cells and is translated by the sales and that is how you make the sales and that is how you make the protein, so there are different ways of exposing the body to a viral covid protein, this virus is the same as the oxford, so that is a
viral approach. The other approach, instead of bringing in the genetic material with the virus, is literally just injected material with the virus, is literallyjust injected in, so the body makes their own protein. You could have vaccines where you just inject the protein itself so that is what the nova vaccine is. You can also have inactivated whole virus, so that is where you grow up covid 19 and then make it inactive and then that is the vaccine itself, so there are different ways of exposing the immune system to the viral proteins in order to elicit an immune response, and we dont know which of any of these formats is going to be the most potent at stimulating the strongest immune response or which may provoke the longest lasting immune response, and thatis longest lasting immune response, and that is why in the uk what we have done, is to build a portfolio of six different vaccines across these four
different vaccines across these four different formats so we can maximise our chances of having a successful vaccine, that will work for everybody. It may be that different vaccines will work for different people. 0lder peoples immune system is not as robust, compared with a young person, so it may be that we have different vaccines for different people. This is bbc news. The headlines. The family who died when a boat carrying migrants sank in the English Channel have been named. Their 15 month old son is still missing. Were hearing from borderforce were hearing from border force that what they think that needs to be done is tackling the people smugglers organising these crossing. We understand the family fade family paid smugglers around £20,000 to make this journey. Concern about the impact of the second wave of coronavirus. Some scientists warn of the consequences of not bringing in tougher measures. Its quite possible that by the end of next month, there would be 500 deaths a day. The whole of nottinghamshire will now enter tier 3 restrictions on friday, instead of tomorrow, affecting more